Accession number
PML 140007, no. 202
Creator
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733, printmaker.
Published
[Amsterdam?], 1719.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption heading followed by a paragraph of explanatory text elucidating the allegorical significance of the figures surrounding the coat of arms of Prince Eugene de Savoye, text below image printed from a separate plate (with plate mark measuring 22 x 201 mm).
Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; image: 110 x 197 mm; plate mark: 115 x 201 mm; sheet: 238 x 343 mm
Summary
Coat of arms of Eugene of Savoy, flanked by two lions, surmounted by a crown, and surrounded by putti with costumes and attributes symbolizing the Prince's recent military victories; at left, a putto giving a leafy sprig to another who is kneeling at his feet (representing the offering of the olive branch to the defeated Turks), with a winged putto carrying a palm leaf above them; at right, three putti gathered around a lion and expressing fear whilst staring at a putto who is armed with shield and sword, a reference to his victories over the Spanish during the War of Spanish Succession.
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