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The first painting depicts a solemn and funereal procession, that consists of a warband of armoured men bearing bloodstained and tattered red flags, the oriflamme and aftermath of some peasant jacquerie or an uprising. At the head of this beleaguered multitude, a woman is depicted bearing the head of a king on a silver platter. Her expression is difficult to read, but it seems to be caught between lamentation and resignation, as if one had just shouldered a heavy burden. You recognise in this historical scene a reenactment of the Temptress who demanded the head of the tyrant, King Searlas I, first of his name, who was alleged to have been deposed after the Dance Of The Seven Veils. In the Interregnum after the fall of his reign, many ships set sail for the New World to escape unrest, strife and persecution, thereby founding the first colonies. The title of this painting is TYRANT.
