Battle for the Gold Staff (Dominion of the World)
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 victory at Gibraltar in 1607, seems to predict who will triumph.
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Battle for the Gold Staff (Dominion of the World)
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 victory at Gibraltar in 1607, seems to predict who will triumph.
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Twee heren vechten om een goud ...... ie aan het langste eind trekt.
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Two gentlemen vie for control ...... s to predict who will triumph.
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Rijksmuseum
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title
Battle for the Gold Staff (Dominion of the World)
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Strijd om de gouden stok (heerschappij van de wereld)
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created
c. 1615 - c. 1630
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ca. 1615 - ca. 1630
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extent
buitenmaat diepte 6 cm
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depth 6 cm
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drager breedte 55,9 cm
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drager diepte 0,5 cm
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drager hoogte 38,4 cm
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support depth 0.5 cm
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support height 38.4 cm
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support width 55.9 cm
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Collectie: schilderijen
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Collection: paintings
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provenance
…; anonymous sale, Amsterdam ( ...... erts, fl. 2,000, to the museum
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temporal
eerste kwart 17e eeuw
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first quarter 17th century
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