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Rombout Hogerbeets as Miltiades
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Glass pane with a scene from the history of Miltiades, crowned with a bust of Rombout Hogerbeets, 1627. Miltiades is imprisoned after years of faithful service. On either side Pallas and Mercury, further decorated with vines, weapons and putti. Below the central scene a verse of six lines. Part of a series of three allegorical glass panes in memory of the imprisonment, flight and exile of Hugo de Groot, 1619-1622. Made in 1627 for the house of Abraham Daatselaar, the merchant in Gorcum who helped Hugo de Groot escape.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineRombout Hogerbeets als Miltiades. 1791. Cornelis de Jonker. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.