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Reproduction of the print depicting the death of Don Juan and the humiliation of Alva, 1578
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Reproduction of the print depicting the death of Don Juan and the humiliation of Alva, 1578

Waterston, Sons, & Stewart, G. · 1878 · photolithography; paper

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

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Reproduction of the print with the death of Don Juan and the humiliation of Alva, 1578. Political allegory in which Don Juan is shot by Death on horseback with an arrow. In the front left the Duke of Alva crawls chained over the ground like Nebuchadnezzar. To the right the hand of God writes words on the wall. On the ground a pile of bodies of Spaniards who died earlier in the battle, to the left a group of standing figures, including Egmond and Horne, look on. In the background the statue of Alva from the Citadel of Antwerp. With inscriptions and biblical texts in the scene in Dutch and French, with a caption of four verses of four lines in Dutch and French.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineReproductie van de prent met de dood van Don Juan en de vernedering van Alva, 1578. 1878. Waterston, Sons, & Stewart, G.. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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