Allegory of Flourishing State of the United Provinces, 1602

Not on View

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 42.8 × 55.5 cm (16 7/8 × 21 7/8 in.) (trimmed to plate mark)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 119, State only

Accession Number

2012.92.599

Artists / Makers

Jan Pietersz Saenredam (artist) Dutch, 1565 - 1607

Hermann Allartz (publisher) Dutch, 1572 - 1652

Image Use

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Inscription

in image, at lower center: EMBLEMA. / HODIERNI. / RERUM. STATUS. / IN. / BELIGICÂ. / FOEDERATÂ.; in image, at lower right: I Saenredam inue. et sculpt.; below image: Virgo augusta, vivida, et speciosa; consistens editiore Loco, sub arbo: / rum umbra, quibus foederatarum Regionum appensa insignia; BELGI: / CAM foederatam denotat, florentem ad sue, Dej beneficio, atque inconcussum. / Circumsidens vero, Septem artium Liberalium, Corona, qui: / bus octavus, inter arbusta, accedit Mercurius; vigentia / Litterarum, et Mereaturae Studia designat. / Subiecta autem, sinistro sum a te, planities, Agriculturam interturba: / tam, operas feru entes, Mercaturam prosperam, Navigationes Longin: / quas, Urbium incrementa, et quae alia sunt Euius generis, Luculenter exhibet. / Bellum vero ipsum, Venatuj comparatur; E qui redux nostrij aeuj Nemrod, / Naj Juvius (?), cum socia Pallade, praedam ingentem, foederatae Belgicae, / per manus Victoria, offerendam curat. Haec Tabulae summa est.; below image, at right: AMSTELODAMI. / Excudebat. Hermannus Alardj. / ANNO. A. CHRISTO NATO / DD. D. C. II.

Provenance

Dr. Julius Hofmann [1840-1913], Vienna (Lugt 1264). (Hill-Stone Fine Prints & Drawings, New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 6, 2007; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Hill-Stone, Inc.
Hofmann, Julius, Dr.
Kainen, Jacob, Mrs.

Exhibition History

2013: Northern Mannerist Prints from the Kainen Collection, NGA, 2013 - 2014.

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: no. 119, only