Allegorie_Pacificatie_van_Gent.jpg
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Summary
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George Waterston and Sons
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| Description |
Reproduction of the allegory on the Pacification of Ghent, 1576
The original was made around 1624–1626 and appeared in Adriaen Valerius'
Nederlandtsche gedenck-clanck
(1626). In
this 1942 edition
the allegory appears on page 95. In the artwork, the Dutch lion defends the entrance gate to the Dutch garden where personifications of the seventeen Dutch provinces sit, while being threatened by Spanish soldiers.
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| Date | 1878 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | photolithography on paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 19 cm (7.4 in); width: 22.2 cm (8.7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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| Current location |
Rijksprentenkabinet
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| Accession number |
RP-P-OB-79.404
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| Object history |
1881: purchased by the
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
, Amsterdam
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| Inscriptions |
Title top:
Pacificatie [-] Van Gend: 1577.
Number center:
1
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2
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3
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4
Caption bottom:
1 De Thuyn der / 17 Provintiën / 2 De maechden // en ’tonder- / scheyt der / selver Landen // 3 De Nederlant- / schen Leeu, de / selve bescher // mende. / 4 Woedende, / Spaensche, en // Wtheemsche / soldaten, die / den thuyn // soeken te bre- / ken.
Caption bottom:
Modern Nederlands: 1. De schutting van de 17 Provinciën. 2. De maagden en het wapen van die landen. 3. De Nederlandse Leeuw, die hen beschermt. 4. Woedende Spaanse en uitheemse soldaten, die de schutting proberen te doorbreken.
Caption bottom:
Modern English: 1. The palisade of the 17 Provinces. 2. The maidens and the coat of arms of those lands. 3. The Dutch Lion protecting them. 4. Raging Spanish and foreign soldiers, that seek to breach the palisade.
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| References |
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue
, as Sons, & Stewart, G. Waterston,
Reproductie van de allegorie op de Pacificatie van Gent, 1576
, 1878.
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| Source/Photographer | www.rijksmuseum.nl : Home : Info : Pic | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other versions | File:Allegorie op de Pacificatie van Gent, 1576 Pacificatie Van Gend. 1577 (titel op object), RP-P-OB-79.662.jpg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
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public domain
work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
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".
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