Titelpagina van het pamflet: Toets ofte Proef-steen, Aengaende het Placcaet van de Doorluchtighe Isabella Clara Eugenia, Infante van Spangien (...) onlancx wt ghegaen : of de Coninck Philips (...) soo goedertieren (...) met de Nederlanden (...) gehandelt heeft, als sy daer in verhaelt, 1599 1599

This 1599 woodcut, created by an anonymous artist, depicts a scene from the pamphlet "Toets ofte Proef-steen." It illustrates the Dutch struggle for independence from Spanish rule, with figures representing Isabella Clara Eugenia, Philip II, and other powerful figures. The image, which is filled with symbolic imagery and satire, uses a distinctive style that was popular during the Dutch Golden Age, a period of artistic and cultural flourishing in the Netherlands. This artwork, currently housed in the Rijksmuseum, provides a fascinating window into the political and social climate of 16th-century Dutch society.