Caption:
The women as rulers of the world Scenes from the Apocrypha Bible Book 3 Esdras (series title), The women as rulers of the world. Allegorical scene with women who have power over men. A woman seduces the king and takes his crown and scepter. Another is offered expensive gifts from a soldier. Presentation to the book 3 Ezra 3-4., Womanhood, the first guardsman says (writes) that wine is the strongest of all things, contest of the three guardsmen, Zacharias Dolendo, Netherlands, 1595 - 1596, paper, engraving, h 208 mm × w 286 mm