The Scales, 1618, Op de Waeg-Schael (title on object), 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 scale. Here, 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 placing his sword on the scales. In the background through a window the dismissal of the landlords by Maurits on the Neude in Utrecht. Below the representation in three columns a verse by Vondel., print, print maker: Salomon Savery, (attributed to), Joost van den Vondel, Northern Netherlands, 1618, paper, engraving, letterpress printing, height, 432 mm × width, 342 mm
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