The Testament of the Twelve Years' Truce, 1615

Political allegory on the impending end of the Twelve Years' Truce, 1615. The Truce, an old woman, lies on her deathbed surrounded by the Pope and other Catholic clergy who plead for her life. She is making her will. Behind her stands Death with an hourglass and a death arrow at the ready. On the right, the Dutch Lion and the Dutch Maiden in the Dutch Garden built against the House of Nassau. On the left, the armored Spanish soldier Mars straddling the barrel of a cannon. In the printed inscription on the sheet, a conversation between the main figures in the representation, in four columns in Dutch.