The Game of War (Allegory on the Nordic War), Crispijn de Passe II (1594–1670), engraving, 1656, Cartoon on the Northern War, 1656, Cartoon on the Northern War, 1656. The Swede and the Dane are playing a game triktrak at a table, surrounded by all kinds of other figures and the lance with the freedom hat Aurea Libertas. On the right the Dutch sailor depositing money into a leaky treasury, in the foreground pigs waiting to be slaughtered or taken to Sweden. On the left, the robbery and removal of war booty. In the background warships, Kronborg Castle and the hand of God from a comet. A sheet with text in 4 columns is glued under the plate., print, print maker: anonymous, print maker: Crispijn van de Passe (II), (possibly), Northern Netherlands, 1656, paper, etching, engraving, letterpress printing, height, 388 mm × width, 355 mm
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