Anoniem Noordelijke Nederlanden (hist. regio) 1608

<a class="recordlink artists" href="/explore/artists/1984" title="Anoniem"><span class="text">Anoniem</span></a> <a class="thesaurus" href="/en/explore/thesaurus?term=29960&domain=PLAATS" title="Noordelijke Nederlanden (hist. regio)" >Noordelijke Nederlanden (hist. regio)</a> 1608

Illustration number 1001211535
Dimensions: 650x514 pixels
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Object information

Object category

Physical connection Reference in ‘composite artworks’: artworks that are/were connected, such as alterpieces, decorative pieces incorporated in panelling, and works of art that were intended to be displayed together, such as pendants and series.

Anoniem, De strijd om de Gouden Stok, allegorie op de overwinning van de Hollandse vloot op de Spaanse, bij Gibraltar op 25 april 1607

A copy of this print is glued to the back of a painting which depicts nearly the same subject.

Support/medium

paper, etching

Shape/dimensions

rectangle (landscape format) 142 x 190 mm
edge of the plate

Signature/inscription Information about the signature, dating, inscription or any other mark on the front or back of the art work

inscription upper center: Een oud Schipper van Monickendam/ Daer ons den vromen Held uyt quam/ Die eerst den Spanjaerd deze deed ruymen/ Sprack als volgt naer Scheeps Coustuymen
inscription topside (positional attribute): noch leeve de guesen/ leeft en laet leeven

Current attribution: Anoniem (Noordelijke Nederlanden (hist. regio)) 1608

Date Exact or approximate dating of the described art work; the search parameters adopted for this art work in this database, are found in brackets.: 1608 (1608)

title page for a pamphlet published in 1608

Subject

Title Title of the art-work in Dutch: De strijd om de Gouden Stok
English title: Quarrel for the Golden Stick
Genre: undetermined
Keywords: history of the Netherlands, allegory, genre, beach, skipper, audience, hat with feathers, stick, fighting
: On the beach, a Dutch skipper and a Spaniard are fighting over a golden stick, which they both hold on to with both hands. Among the spectators in the background is Prince Maurits of Orange (left). The quarrel symbolizes the conflict between the Dutch Republic and Spain concerning the power in the East- and West-Indies. The print was used in a pamphlet againt the peace negotiations for the Twelve Years' Truce (translation from website Rijksmuseum, 2015-11).