From Criminal to Courtier: The Soldier in Netherlandish Art 1550-1672

At once military, social and art history, this book elucidates various visual media, much of it little known, that denounce military cruelty in the Netherlands of the 16th and 17th century. This unique Netherlands specialty contrasts with Rubens’ glorification of war, and its justification in patriotic siege prints, Scipio Africanus, and the courtiers of the civic guard groups and Ter Borch.