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The Heroes of the League
Jacob Gole (1665-1724), after designs by Cornelis Dusart (1660-1704), mezzotint and engraving, 1691
Cornelis Dusart and Jacob Gole collaborated on these two series of virulent anti-Catholic caricatures. This one consists of satirical portraits of the architects and agents of the policy of Protestant oppression under Louis XIV. Jacob Gole himself was a Huguenot refugee from France. These champions of Louis’s Catholic politics are presented as monks wrapped up in drinking and dicing.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-BI-7354
- Dimensionsheight 146 mm x width 107 mm
- Physical characteristicsmezzotint en gravure