Seditio (Rebellion), or the Separation of the Netherlands

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, 1604

Two bodies joined at the hip fight one another. Against the background of religious violence they seem to have forgotten that they form a single entity and so destroy each other. Here they symbolize the Netherlands and the civil war that has erupted. Without mutual reconciliation and some form of tolerance the two combating Netherlandish parties will suffer a senseless defeat.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-1886-A-10378
  • Dimensionswidth 206 mm x height 121 mm
  • Physical characteristicsgravure en ets

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Seditio (Rebellion), or the Separation of the Netherlands

  • Series title(s)

    Ontaarding van de katholieke geestelijkheid

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-1886-A-10378

  • Series number

    12/12

  • Description

    De personificatie Opstand (Seditio),verbeeld als twee aan elkaar vergroeide figuren, staat symbool voor de tweedracht in de samenleving. In de achtergrond wordt een kerk vernield door een woedende menigte. Beelden worden kapotgeslagen. Kloosterlingen en priesters slaan op de vlucht.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    collector's mark: Lugt 2228

  • Catalogue reference

    • The Illustrated Bartsch 71-.12
    • Hollstein Dutch 182

Creation

  • Creation

    • printmaker: Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, Germany
    • after design by Adriaan de Weerdt, Cologne
    • publisher: Hendrick Hondius (I), The Hague
  • Dating

    1604

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    gravure en ets

  • Dimensions

    width 206 mm x height 121 mm


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Documentation

  • Barbara A. Kaminska, Looking beyond Confessional Boundaries : Discourse of Religious Tolerance in Prints by Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert and Adriaan de Weert, uit: Renaissance and Reformation, 36, 2013, 3, pagina 93-126


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