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Romeyn de Hooghe - De vlugt van 't pausdom uit Engelant

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Romeyn de Hooghe - De vlugt van 't pausdom uit Engelant

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Print shows Louis XIV, with peg leg, riding a bear, leading the flight of catholicism from England; he moves to draw his sword to strike a lion, as a cock on his head is attacked by an eagle. Father Petre follows riding a large dog harnessed to a wagon carrying the royal family, James II, the queen, and James Francis, their infant son, known as the Pretender, holding a windmill. The dog defecates on the crown. A black imp with bellows harasses Father Petre. "Pantagion" with sword drawn and bomb shooting hat brings up the rear riding a wolf. In the middle distance is a long line of priests and monks fleeing London. In the upper right corner, Pope Innocent XI wheels in a bishop.

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1, no. 1205
Forms part of: British Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).

The roots of the Flemish school are usually placed in Dijon, the capital of the dukes of Burgundy where Philip the Bold (reigned 1363–1404) established a tradition of art patronage. Philip the Good (reigned 1419–67) moved the Burgundian capital to Brugge (Bruges). The largest county in the Southern Netherlands was Flanders and the term Flanders is often used to refer to the whole of the Southern Netherlands. Flanders produced many famous artists of Northern Europe. Arts flourished in the County of Flanders and neighboring Brabant, Hainaut, Picardy, Artois, and Tournaisis, from the early 15th century until the 17th century. In the 15th century and up to 1520 Flaundry was a part of Early Netherlandish art with the center in Antwerp. It gradually became distinct from the art of the rest of the Low Countries, especially the modern Netherlands by the end of the 16th century, when the north and the south Netherlands were politically separated. During the last quarter of the 16th century, political unrest between the northern and southern parts of the Netherlands brought a decline in Flemish art. Many Flemish artists left the Southern Netherlands for Rome, Germany, or the Dutch Republic. After Twelve Year Truce, Flemish art revived.

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01/01/1689
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Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708, artist
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