Allegory on the Twelve Years' Truce, 1609

Large allegory on the Twelve Years' Truce, 1609. The personification of Truce, the Truce, sitting on a cannon converted into a triumphal chariot, between the personifications of Discipline (Disciplina) and Prosperity (Prosperitas). In front of the chariot is Father Jan Neyen, next to the chariot walk King James I of England and King Henry IV of France. Behind the chariot the chained War (Bellum) and a group of soldiers. Under the wheels of the chariot Misery (Calamitas) and Licentiousness (Licentia) are crushed. The chariot drawn by a team of horses ridden by Archduke Albert and Isabella Clara Eugenia and guided by Modesty (Modestia) and 's Lands love (Amor Patriae) arrives at two platforms: on the left the free Netherlands (with Maurice and a member of the States) and on the right the Netherlands under the Archduke (with Philip III and Spinola). In the clouds Mars leaves his war chariot to embrace Venus.