Sentence:  To the left [of the print] is a group of three figures around a collapsing barrel. ... The barrel disintegrates into its constituent staves, literally translating into picture the Dutch expression 'in duigen vallen' (to become utterly undone). Earlier we saw that <WSD>cooping</WSD> a barrel stands for forging a conspiracy—here we see the opposite. Whereas in the other Dominicus-cartoons we see a cooper hammering the hoops in place around the barrel, here, in a very similar gesture, the hoops are being cut. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To make or repair barrels, casks and other wooden vessels; to work upon in the manner of a cooper.