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Antwerp, Galle, Philips, Vos, Maerten de, Collaert, Adriaen, Trium Humani generis ordinum sive statuum, The divine tasks of the three estates, Task of the nobility, verso center bottom - stamped, A triumphal chariot with the representative of the worldly power, the king. Next to him sits the allegorical figure of Wisdom. The triumphal chariot is drawn by two horses, Reward (decorated with laurel wreaths) and Punishment (decorated with means of discipline such as rod and whip) and driven by the allegorical figure of Justice. In the background some tasks of worldliness: punishing criminals and maintaining order. On a rhetorician's podium two tableaus vivants: one of reward and one of punishment. The print has a Latin inscription and a Latin subtitle and is part of a four-part series on the divine tasks of the three estates., print, prints, height 229 mm, width 296 mm, Southern Netherlands (before 1775), 1560 - 1618-06-29, print maker, printmaker, 1583 - 1588, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1532 - 1603-12-04, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1537 - 1612-03-29, publisher