Allegory on the Deceitfulness of Spain and the Liberty and Prosperity of the Dutch Republic

Willem Pietersz Buytewech (Dutch, about 1591–1624)

about 1615

Medium/TechniqueEtching, engraving, and drypoint

DimensionsPlatmemark: 14.5 x 18.4 cm (5 11/16 x 7 1/4 in.)

Credit LineKatherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard

Accession number1996.64

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InscriptionsMonogram in plate, lower left; in plate at top: Merckt de Wysheyt vermaert / vant Hollantsche huyshouwen / en siet des luypaerts aert / die niet is te vertrouwen. In plate C: Vitoria In plate C: de butavis...heerschapi In plate C: hollandia In plate C: vrindt des vaderland In plate C: vereenicht geemeent In plate C: prevelegie In plate C: macht In plate C: reden In plate C: Orange In plate LL: Trouwicheyt In plate LL: WB Later inscriptions or marks: Verso UR in graphite: Buyteweyk [?] Verso LR in graphite: M 1304 Verso LR in graphite pencil: DWK

ProvenanceDavid W. Kiehl, New York: by 1996, Hill-Stone, Inc.; 1996, sold by Hill-Stone to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 27, 1996)