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Español: Alba asesina a los inocentes habitantes del país de la colección El gobierno de Alba en los Países Bajos y los resultados de su tiranía - Grabado anónimo de hacia 1572 - El Duque está representado comiendo a un niño con una mano, mientras con la otra sostiene bolsas de dinero; detrás, una hidra con las cabezas de Granvela y los cardenales de Guise y Lorena; a sus pies, los cadáveres decapitados del Conde de Egmont y Felipe de Montmorency (Horn); un demonio alado con un rosario le insufla aire al oído con un fuelle; a la izquierda un campesino y a la derecha un burgués, que se lamentan.
English: Alba kills innocent inhabitants of the land from the collection Alba's government in the Netherlands and the following tyranny - The Duque is represented eating a child with one hand, while he holds a money purse with the other; behind, a hydra with the heads of Granvelle and the cardinals of Guise and Lorraine; at his feet, the headless bodies of Egmont and Horn; a winged demon with a rosary, blows air into the Duque's ear with a bellows; on the left, a peasant and, on the right, a burgois, lament.
Français : Alba assassine les innocents habitants du pays. Le Duc d'Albe fut la cible de la propagande protestante, qui édita des gravures comme celle-ci représentant le Duc mangeant des enfants.
Date circa 1572
date QS:P,+1572-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Alva vermoordt de onschuldige inwoners van het land, ca. 1572, from the Rijsmuseum
Author Anonimous

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