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Summary
When in 1566 nobles begged the governor, Margaret of Parma, to halt the persecution of the Protestants, someone reassured her with the words: ‘Fear not, my lady, they are nothing but beggars,’ called ‘gueux’ in French. The dissenting nobles immediately adopt the negatively meant geus as a badge of honour. Their symbols are the beggars’ bowl and pouch. Some of these bowls are fairly luxurious and were reserved for that reason.
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bowl
paper
wood plant material
silver metal
ink
forging
engraving
high resolution
3d object
silver
metal
french
parma
governors
rijksmuseum
italian art
Date
1566
Source
Rijksmuseum
Link
Copyright info
Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")