Dutch School, 17th Century
Dutch School, 17th Century

A chained dog, two dogs fighting, a lion, and a dog with his paw on a bone

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Dutch School, 17th Century
A chained dog, two dogs fighting, a lion, and a dog with his paw on a bone
with part of an inscription 'Nab? is vast • troû wort verbeten • nimant biet hulp • tûrck verslintet a. . .' (lower left)
oil on panel, a fragment
33.9 x 68 cm.

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Lot Essay

Probably depicting an Allegory of the Spanish occupation of Holland, this - originally longer - composition seems to derive from earlier prints, used for propaganda during the Eighty Years' War. As in De slapende leeuw (the sleeping lion), a print of 1567 in the Atlas Van Stolk in Museum Rotterdam, the lion here likely represents the Republic, whereas the dogs probably represent the Dutch nobility, loyal to the Spanish king.

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