Haecht, Willem van (I), Cleve, Marten van (I), Southern Netherlands, Wierix, Antonie (II), Blind Shepherds, Pasteurs aveugles, The blind shepherds, mo three times two lines, Landscape in which allegorical figures and pictorial elements together form a rebus. On the left a mantelpiece with the year 1579, next to it two blind shepherds, in heaven God with the tablets of the law. In the middle two bears, a mitten on a broken door, a fool playing a king and on the right two wolves shearing sheep. In the background, the population is being terrorized. The picture is an attack on the inability of the country's government to protect its inhabitants. In the caption, the solution to the rebus in 3 verses of 2 lines each in Dutch, French and German. Numbered lower right and left: 4, IV., print, propaganda print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, AW, lower right of the middle, MVCIN, left on the mantelpiece, W.Haecht.compo.et, lower middle, 1579, 4, IIII, lo and ro, Blind Shepherds., Pasteurs aueugles., upper middle, Schout blinde herders ... von woluen werden geschhorn., height 200 mm, width 328 mm, South Netherlands, 1559 - 1604-03, print maker, printmaker, 1579 - 1579, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1527 - 1581, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Southern Netherlands (before 1775), 1529 - 1593, compiler, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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Haecht, Willem van, I, Cleve, Marten van, Southern Netherlands, Wierix, Antonie, Ii, Blind Shepherds, Pasteurs aveugles, blind shepherds, mo three times two lines, Landscape, allegorical figures, pictorial elements together form, rebus, left, mantelpiece, year 1579, next, two blind shepherds, heaven God, tablets, law, middle two bears, mitten, broken door, fool playing, king, right two wolves, shearing, sheep, background, population, terrorized, picture, attack, inability, country's government, protect, inhabitants, caption, solution, 3 verses, 2 lines, Dutch, French, German, Numbered lower right, 4, Iv, print, propaganda print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, Aw, lower right, middle, Mvcin, W.Haecht.compo.et, lower middle, 1579, Iiii, lo, ro, Pasteurs aueugles, upper middle, Schout blinde herders .., von woluen werden geschhorn, height 200 mm, width 328 mm, South Netherlands, 1559 - 1604-03, print maker, printmaker, 1579 - 1579, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, printing process, 1527 - 1581, intermediary draughtsman, drawing, 1775, 1529 - 1593, compiler, Publication, Event, publisher
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