Allegory on the Twelve Years' Truce, 1609

Great allegory on the Twelve Years' Truce, 1609. The personification of Truce, the Truce itself, seated on a cannon converted into a triumphal chariot, between the personifications of Discipline (Disciplina) and Prosperity (Prosperitas). In front, Father Jan Neyen; walking beside the chariot are 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 Love of Country (Amor Patriae), arrives at two platforms: on the left, Free Netherlands (with Maurice and a member of the States), and on the right, Netherlands under the Archduke (with Philip III and Spinola). In the clouds, Mars leaves his war chariot to embrace Venus. At the top of the print, a strip with the title is pasted on.