The Sleeping Lion, 1619, anonymous, 1619 Canvas Print

The Sleeping Lion, 1619, anonymous, 1619 Canvas Print

Allegory on political situation in the Netherlands in the year 1567. All parties depicted by animals. While the Dutch Lion is asleep, the fox and the wolf rob geese from a cage. Shepherds sleeping in the background and pleasure-making gentlemen while the cattle are stolen. In this state updated to the situation of 1619. On the donkey, for example, the term Waardgelders has been added. With the inscription of 1 line above the representation and in the caption the legend 1-6 in 4 verses of 6 lines in Dutch, French, German and Latin (8 lines). Pasted under the print a text sheet with long text in 3 columns in German. Mirror image copy after the original by Wierix.

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