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Allegory on Oliver Cromwell
Passe, Crispijn van de (II)1652
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Oliver Cromwell, the victor in the English Civil War, is shown as a tyrant – oppressing the French, Dutch, Irish and Scots. He is mocked for his love of money: he is being crowned by a mythological winged beast (a griffon), which conveniently produces gold coins from its backside, a detail that is disingenuous, to say the least, since who would not be pleased to possess such a pet?
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- Title: Allegory on Oliver Cromwell
- Creator: Passe, Crispijn van de (II)
- Date Created: 1652
- Physical Dimensions: papier
- Subject Keywords: Eerste Engelse Oorlog, Terechtstelling van Karel I, Cromwell, Oliver
- Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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