Illustration (fig. 1) to the "orartie van de professor l. Wolsogen over syn droom en de nytlegging van de felue gadaen. . " ("the speech of professor l. Wolsogen [sic] about his dream explaining the salvation [of holland]"), one of four separate allegorical plates dealing with the war between the netherlands and the french allies; a lion (standing for the netherlands) entangled in a net is attacked by a boar (the bishop of munster) and a cock (france), behind to the right, a wolf and a fox in sheep's fleece (johann and cornelis de witt) hang from a tree. 1674
etching. Date: 1674. Dimensions: Height: 114 mm (image); ; Height: 138 mm (trimmed?); Width: 193 mm (trimmed to image). Medium: paper. Depicted People: Ludwig von Wolzogen. Collection: British Museum. Print, satirical print (BM 1868,0808.3283)
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