The most notable of these was "The Threatened Swan" by Jan Asselijn, which has been marked to make it a political allegory of the patriot hero Johan de Witt who was murdered by orangists.
The most notable of these was "The Threatened Swan" by Jan Asselijn, which became the first painting purchased by the director of the Nationale Konst-Gallery, Alexander Gogel. It was marked to make it a political allegory of the patriot hero Johan de Witt who was murdered by orangists.