Landscape in which allegorical figures and figurative elements together form a rebus. On the left a fireplace on which the year 1579, next to it two blind shepherds, in heaven god with the tables of law. In the middle two bears, a mitten at a broken door, a fool who is piling and to the right two wolves that are shearing. The population is being terrorized in the background. The print is an attack on the inability of the government of the country to protect its inhabitants. In the caption the solution of the rebus in 3 verses of 2 lines each in dutch, french and german. Numbered lower right and lower left: 4 / iv. Print published in antwerp by willem van haecht who also composed the text. Design by marten van cleve engraved by hans bol. Object Type: print. Date: 1579. Dimensions: height: 200 mm (7.87 in)width: 328 mm (12.91 in). Medium: etching, paper. Collection: Rijksmuseum. Hans Bol, Marten van Cleve (After) - Pasteurs aveugles (Blind shepherds)
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