Conspiracy of the Batavians under Claudius Civilis was painted by Rembrandt van Rijn around 1662, at the end of the career of the artist. Rembrandt, himself Dutch, use the myth of the glorious Batavians to represent Julius Civilis in the role of ''Guillaume le Taciturne'' who was the Leader of the revoltion against Philippe II. Contrary to his self-portraits at the end of Rembrandt life, we speaks little about this important work which falls under the same line of the Rembrandt great work of Art, such as ''La Ronde de Nuit''.
Claudius Civilis, who was a man of a great talent and a great nature, condemned by Neron, delivered by Galba, banished by Vitellius, finally escaped to Batavians, his compatriots, inflamed by the desire of revenge and the love of freedom. Claudius raised the Batavian nation in the hope to shake the Romans
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