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The Virtue and Fortunate Life of Our Fathers / This Print Clearly Shows Us / Oh, May We Take Note of Their Example / And Set Our Feet in Their Footsteps
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The Virtue and Fortunate Life of Our Fathers / This Print Clearly Shows Us / Oh, May We Take Note of Their Example / And Set Our Feet in Their Footsteps

Rudolph Jacob Schierbeek · 1832 - 1850 · letterpress printing; colour; houtsnede; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Blad met 12 voorstellingen van figuren en gebeurtenissen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis, waaronder Laurens Janszoon Coster (een van de uitvinders van de boekdrukkunst), Hugo de Groot die ontslapt uit Slot Loevestein en Filips IV van Spanje en de Vrede van Münster. Onder elke afbeelding een tweeregelig vers. Genummerd rechtsboven: No. 36.

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printpopular printHugo de GrootFilips IV (koning van Spanje)Jan van SchaffelaarLaurens Janszoon CosterHistoryBarneveld
Credit lineDer vaad'ren deugd en kloek bestaan, / Toont deze prent ons duidelijk aan, / Ach, mogten we op hun voorbeeld letten, / En in hun spoor de voeten zetten. 1832 - 1850. Rudolph Jacob Schierbeek. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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