Johan de la Faille
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Johan de la Faille was a member of the vroedschap in Delft. As a supporter of prince William III of Orange, he was appointed in 1672, the Year of Disaster after the First Stadtholderless Period, when
Portrait of Johan de la Faille by Jan Verkolje
Portrait of Margaretha Delff, Wife of Johan de la Faille by Jan Verkolje
A shell of Epitonium scalare, the precious wentletrap
Rampjaar
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In 1672, the Dutch Republic faced simultaneous invasions from France, England, and the German bishoprics of Münster and Cologne in what became known as the Rampjaar. The French Royal Army, under Louis
Allegory on the French Invasion of 1672 by Jan van Wijckersloot (1673)
Prince's Day by Jan Steen (ca. 1665): Supporters of the Prince of Orange drink to the health of the Nassau line on the Prince's birthday.
Louis XIV crossing the Rhine by Adam Frans van der Meulen.
The bodies of the De Witt brothers, by Jan de Baen.