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Allegory of the Victory of the Dutch over the Spanish Fleet at Gibraltar, 25 April 1607

Nombre del creador

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Adam Willaerts

Contexto cultural

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Dutch

Fecha

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Creación: 17th century

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European powers fought over maritime and commercial dominance around the early 1600s. In this painting, the struggle is represented by two men fighting for control of a golden stick. One man represents Spain, the other the Netherlands. England and Italy are among the unsettled onlookers.
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Allegorie op de overwinning van de Hollandse op de Spaanse vloot bij Gibraltar, 25 april 1607. Op het strand op de voorgrond een schermutseling tussen een Hollander en een Spanjaard om een stok terwijl anderen, waaronder een Engelsman en een Venetiaan, toekijken. Op de achtergrond woedt in de verte de zeeslag.

Two gentlemen vie for control of a gold staff. It symbolizes dominion over the world’s seas. For whoever rules the sea, controls trade, beggars his foes, and becomes rich himself. The man at the right stands for the Netherlands, the one at the left for Spain. The men next to them personifying England and Venice, among other nations, look on in suspense. The scene in the background, the Republic’s naval ...

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Allegory of the Victory of the Dutch over the Spanish Fleet at Gibraltar, 25 April 1607

Creador

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Adam Willaerts (Enlace a la biografía), Painter
Willaerts, Adam;
Willaerts, Adam, painter, schilder;
Adam Willaerts, schilder, painter;
Adam Willaerts, schilder, painter

Tipo de obra

painting; schilderij; painting; schilderij

Contexto cultural

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Dutch

Material

oak (wood); eikenhout; oil paint (paint); olieverf; oil paint (paint); olieverf; eikenhout; oak (wood)

Dimensiones

support: height: 38.4cm;
drager: hoogte: 38.4cm;
support: width: 55.9cm;
drager: breedte: 55.9cm;
support: thickness: 0.5cm;
drager: dikte: 0.5cm;
outer size: depth: 6cm;
buitenmaat: diepte: 6cm;
outer size: depth 6 cm (support incl. frame);
support: height 38.4 cm x width 55.9 cm x thickness 0.5 cm;
buitenmaat: diepte 6 cm (drager incl. SK-L-1393);
drager: hoogte 38,4 cm x breedte 55,9 cm x dikte 0,5 cm

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Fecha

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Creación: 17th century
Expression creation: first quarter 17th century, eerste kwart 17e eeuw, second quarter 17th century, tweede kwart 17e eeuw;
c. 1615 - c. 1630, ca. 1615 - ca. 1630

Procedencia

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...; sale, Amsterdam (Mak van Waay), 7 May 1963, no. 487;...; sale, Amsterdam (Mak van Waay), 18 May 1965, no. 606, as Abraham Willaerts, fl. 2,405, to the museum
...; sale, Amsterdam (Mak van Waay), 7 May 1963, no. 487;...; sale, Amsterdam (Mak van Waay), 18 May 1965, no. 606, as Abraham Willaerts, fl. 2,405, to the museum ; …; sale, Amsterdam (Mak van Waay), 7 May 1963, no. 487;…; sale, Amsterdam (Mak van Waay), 18 May 1965, no. 606, as Abraham Willaerts, fl. 2,405, to the museum

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Derechos

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Public Domain;
CC0
Public Domain Mark 1.0; CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0); Public domain

Inscripción

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Ubicación

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Temas

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Tema descriptivo: Man, Allegory
battle (+ sailing-ships); tug-of-war; marine; zeeslag; maritieme geschiedenis; politieke geschiedenis; admiralty; admiraliteit; Admiraliteit van Amsterdam; Straat van Gibraltar; Zeeslag bij Gibraltar (1607); Admiraliteit van Amsterdam; tug-of-war; battle (+ sailing-ships); Straat van Gibraltar

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Colaboradores de Curationist

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Christina Stone; Jessica Gengler

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Adam Willaerts, Battle for the Gold Staff (Dominion of the World), circa 1615–1630. Rijksmuseum. Two men, a Dutchman and a Spaniard, symbolically battle for dominion over the world’s seas while other European men gawk. Dutch ships in the background foretell the winner. Public Domain.

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