The Great Barber's Shop, satirical print on the Spaniards after the defeat in the naval battle at Duins, ca. 1639

Satirical print on the Spaniards after the defeat in the Battle of the Downs, 21 October 1639. In a barber's shop sits with an owl on his head an inflated Spaniard (Don Diego van Castilië) who suffers from dropsy and is assisted by a group of doctors. He spits out the Spanish fleet at the Downs, a French physician (cardinal Richelieu) performs a bloodletting and through enemas a stream of Spanish soldiers and gold coins leaves the back of the body. Further a Swedish physician, the admiral of Dunkirk (Jacques Colaert) and right a Dutch Matroos offers the sick Spaniard a bowl with oranges. Under the print a text sheet is pasted with a conversation between the depicted persons, in 4 columns in Dutch.