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Alva Killing the Innocent Inhabitants of the Netherlands

anoniem1572

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Alva’s harsh policy is met with outrage. This makes him an easy target: he is maligned in all manner of prints. Here Alva sits on his throne, accompanied by a three-headed monster and a devil. He devours a child, symbolizing the Netherlands. In the background is the impoverished, suffering population. At his feet are the counts of Egmont and Horne, whom he had beheaded for protesting against the Inquisition: ‘innocent blood.’

Details

  • Title: Alva Killing the Innocent Inhabitants of the Netherlands
  • Creator: anoniem
  • Date Created: 1572
  • Physical Dimensions: papier
  • Subject Keywords: Tachtigjarige Oorlog, Terechtstelling van Egmond en Horne, Granvelle, Antoine Perrenot de, Guise, Charles de (kardinaal van Lotharingen), Guise, Lodewijk II, kardinaal de, Álvarez de Toledo, Fernando (3e hertog van Alva), Egmond, Lamoraal graaf van, Montmorency, Filips van (graaf van Horne)
  • Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

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