The painting’s complex iconography reveals a murder plot that leads to members of the civic militia, who it portrays threatening his life and leading to his ruin.
𓁷𓏤𓎟𓀀𓁐𓏥𓃀𓈖𓌱𓅓𓎛𓅱𓀔𓈖𓌱𓅓𓎛𓇋𓇋𓏏𓁐𓐍𓂋𓋴𓂝𓎛𓋩𓉔𓊪𓏛𓋴𓐠𓄿𓂋𓏏𓌗𓀁𓌷𓂝𓏏𓏭𓏛𓇾𓏏𓅓𓅱𓀀𓁐𓏪𓃀𓌢𓌢𓈖𓈖𓏛𓁷𓏤𓎟𓀀𓁐𓏥𓃀𓈖𓌱𓅓𓎛𓅱𓀔𓈖𓌱𓅓𓎛𓇋𓇋𓏏𓁐𓐍𓂋𓋴𓂝𓎛𓋩𓉔𓊪𓏛𓋴𓐠𓄿𓂋𓏏𓌗𓀁𓌷𓂝𓏏𓏭𓏛𓇾𓏏𓅓𓅱𓀀𓁐𓏪𓃀𓌢𓌢𓈖𓈖𓏛𓁷𓏤𓎟𓀀𓁐𓏥𓃀𓈖𓌱𓅓𓎛𓅱𓀔𓈖𓌱𓅓𓎛𓇋𓇋𓏏𓁐𓐍𓂋𓋴𓂝𓎛𓋩𓉔𓊪𓏛𓋴𓐠𓄿𓂋𓏏𓌗𓀁𓌷𓂝𓏏𓏭𓏛𓇾𓏏𓅓𓅱𓀀𓁐𓏪𓃀𓌢𓌢𓈖𓈖𓏛𓁷𓏤𓎟𓀀𓁐𓏥𓃀𓈖𓌱𓅓𓎛𓅱𓀔𓈖𓌱𓅓𓎛𓇋𓇋𓏏𓁐𓐍𓂋𓋴𓂝𓎛𓋩𓉔𓊪𓏛𓋴𓐠𓄿𓂋𓏏𓌗𓀁𓌷𓂝𓏏𓏭𓏛𓇾𓏏𓅓𓅱𓀀𓁐𓏪𓃀𓌢𓌢𓈖𓈖𓏛𓁷𓏤𓎟𓀀𓁐𓏥𓃀𓈖𓌱𓅓𓎛𓅱𓀔𓈖𓌱𓅓𓎛𓇋𓇋𓏏𓁐𓐍𓂋𓋴𓂝𓎛𓋩𓉔𓊪𓏛𓋴𓐠𓄿𓂋𓏏𓌗𓀁𓌷𓂝𓏏𓏭𓏛𓇾𓏏𓅓𓅱𓀀𓁐𓏪𓃀𓌢𓌢𓈖𓈖𓏛𓁷𓏤𓎟𓀀𓁐𓏥𓃀𓈖𓌱𓅓𓎛𓅱𓀔𓈖𓌱𓅓𓎛𓇋𓇋𓏏𓁐𓐍𓂋𓋴𓂝𓎛𓋩𓉔𓊪𓏛𓋴𓐠𓄿𓂋𓏏𓌗𓀁𓌷𓂝𓏏𓏭𓏛𓇾𓏏𓅓𓅱𓀀𓁐𓏪𓃀𓌢𓌢𓈖𓈖𓏛𓁷𓏤𓎟𓀀𓁐𓏥𓃀𓈖𓌱𓅓𓎛𓅱𓀔𓈖𓌱𓅓𓎛𓇋𓇋𓏏𓁐𓐍𓂋𓋴𓂝𓎛𓋩𓉔𓊪𓏛𓋴𓐠𓄿𓂋𓏏𓌗𓀁𓌷𓂝𓏏𓏭𓏛𓇾𓏏𓅓𓅱𓀀𓁐𓏪𓃀𓌢𓌢𓈖𓈖𓏛𓁷𓏤𓎟𓀀𓁐𓏥𓃀𓈖𓌱𓅓𓎛𓅱𓀔𓈖𓌱𓅓𓎛𓇋𓇋𓏏𓁐𓐍𓂋𓋴𓂝𓎛𓋩𓉔𓊪𓏛𓋴𓐠𓄿𓂋𓏏𓌗𓀁𓌷𓂝𓏏𓏭𓏛𓇾𓏏𓅓𓅱𓀀𓁐𓏪𓃀𓌢𓌢𓈖𓈖𓏛𓁷𓏤𓎟𓀀𓁐𓏥𓃀𓈖𓌱𓅓𓎛𓅱𓀔𓈖𓌱𓅓𓎛𓇋𓇋𓏏𓁐𓐍𓂋𓋴𓂝𓎛𓋩𓉔𓊪𓏛𓋴𓐠𓄿𓂋𓏏𓌗𓀁𓌷𓂝𓏏𓏭𓏛𓇾𓏏𓅓𓅱𓀀𓁐𓏪𓃀𓌢𓌢𓈖𓈖𓏛