Paper Knives, Paper Crowns: Political Prints in the Dutch Republic
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Paper Knives, Paper Crowns: Political Prints in the Dutch Republic

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Prescient prints from the golden age of Dutch satire Winner of the IFPDA Foundation Book Award, 2023 This volume explores the satirical visual strategies that early modern Netherlandish printmakers--such as Joan Blaeu, Romeyn de Hooghe, Willem Jacobsz and Claes Jansz Visscher--used to memorialize historical events, lionize (or demonize) domestic and international leaders, and instigate collective action. While some of their prints employ visual puns that even the illiterate could enjoy, others were captioned in Latin, French or Dutch, prompting educated elites across Europe to consider the rel...