Allegory of the Triumph of the Netherlands over Spain

A dense engraving of an allegorical triumph: mounted soldiers ride through a wooded landscape toward a central cartouche bearing a coat of arms and a Latin inscription. Winged figures and women in flowing robes gather beside a tree on the left, while a small dog and armed men fill the foreground.

Look closer: A small dog stands in the lower right foreground beside an armed man.

Artist

Jan (Pietersz.) Saenredam

Date

1600

Medium

Engraving

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3743 × 2873 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951