The power of peace, 1577, Die Cracht des Peys (title on object), Allegories on the renewed period of peace in the Netherlands (series title), Allegory on the peace concluded with the Eternal Edict of 1577. Prudence (Prudentia) forges swords into plowshares in a furnace. She is helped by Reason (Ratio). On the chimney the coat of arms of Don Juan. Father Time forges agricultural tools from weapons and armor. Violence (Violentia) is chained to the anvil and is forced to help stoke the furnace. In the right background, the end of the war is depicted. On the left in the background, fields are being worked, as a reference to the building up of the country. From heaven, Peace (Pax) and Justice (Justitia) look on. Between them the tetragram as a symbol of God the Father., print maker: Wierix, after design by: Marten van Cleve (I), (attributed to), publisher: Peeter Baltens, (mentioned on object), Antwerp, 1577, paper, engraving, height 331 mm × width 457 mm
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