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The Arminian Dung Cart
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The Arminian Dung Cart

anonymous · 1618 · letterpress printing; etching; paper

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

About this work

This satirical print features a wagon full of 'Arminians', as the Remonstrants were often called after their leader Jacob Arminius, who died in 1609. His successor Johannes Wtenbogaert sits on the box. He must lead the way and guide the horses, but they disobey him and bolt in different directions. In the cart are prominent Remonstrants and other libertarians, all of whom are ridiculed here.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineD’Arminiaensche drekwaghen (Arminian Dung Cart). 1618. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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