Accession number
PML 140007, no. 237
Creator
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733, engraver.
Published
[The Hague] : [Pieter de Hondt], 1732
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Motto below reads: Cernes quae surgere regna coniugio tali.
Independent impression of a print issued as a headpiece illustration on the opening page of Frans van Mieris's Histori Der Nederlandsche Vorsten (The Hague : Pieter de Hondt, 1732).
Independent impression of a print issued as a headpiece illustration on the opening page of Frans van Mieris's Histori Der Nederlandsche Vorsten (The Hague : Pieter de Hondt, 1732).
Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark: 143 x 185 mm; sheet: 195 x 276 mm
Summary
Print shows a winged female figure carrying coats of arms to a winged figure sitting enthroned, who ties them all together; above the winged figure, four sculpted bust in medieval clothes, set upon pedestals; in ornate border, with allegorical figures in the upper part, and winged putti in the lower part.
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