Accession number
PML 145850.198
Creator
Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708.
Published
[Leyden] : J. Tangena excudit, [ca. 1699]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from item.
With four columns of letterpress verse by Johannes Harberding printed below relating to the scenes above, with heading: Verklaaring van dese bovenstaande Prent, over de wreede Vervolging der Gereformeerde in Vrankrijk, begonnen 1685, en nog gedurende 1699.
Inserted as item 198 into an album of collected prints, broadsides, drawings, and miscellaneous single sheet items, assembled by former owner Joseph Ames and entitled "Emblematical and satirical prints on persons and professions" (PML 145850).
With four columns of letterpress verse by Johannes Harberding printed below relating to the scenes above, with heading: Verklaaring van dese bovenstaande Prent, over de wreede Vervolging der Gereformeerde in Vrankrijk, begonnen 1685, en nog gedurende 1699.
Inserted as item 198 into an album of collected prints, broadsides, drawings, and miscellaneous single sheet items, assembled by former owner Joseph Ames and entitled "Emblematical and satirical prints on persons and professions" (PML 145850).
Description
1 print : etching ; image: 405 x 510 mm; plate mark: 415 x 515 mm; sheet: 525 x 577 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows 13 scenes illustrating the persecution, exploitation and torture of the Protestants in France, with a central panel showing the French Huguenots being welcomed by William of Orange and his wife Mary and other Dutch statesmen; this image surrounded by twelve smaller scenes, the last scene showing the alleged mistreatment of the Dutch consul in Nantes, Jacob de Bye in 1685.
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