Israels, E., Vondel, Joost van den, Northern Netherlands, Savery, Salomon, On the Weighing Scale, The Weighing Scale, 1618, back - stamped, Political allegory on the victory of the Counter-Remonstrants thanks to the intervention of Prince Maurits, 1618. The scene shows an interior with a large set of scales. On these, in the presence of Gomarus, Arminius, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and others, the arguments of the Counter-Remonstrants and the Remonstrants are weighed against each other. Maurits tips the balance in favor of the Counter-Remonstrants by laying his sword on the scales. In the background, through a window, the dismissal of the innkeepers by Maurits on the Neude in Utrecht. Below the scene, a verse by Vondel. In this later printing of the print, a strip of paper with two extra lines signed with the name E. Israels was pasted on at the end of the caption., print, prent, propaganda print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 443 mm, width 326 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1594 - 1683-10-16, print maker, printmaker, 1618 - 1618, first quarter 17th century, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), letterpress printing, 1587-11-17 - 1679-02-05, writer

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