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Allegory with Alessandro Farnese, the Duke of Parma, as an advocate of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands, 1585. Parma as Hercules with club and shield is pointed to a rock by the personification of (Catholic) Religion to the Temple of virtue. In front of him lie defeated on the ground Artificialism (Invidia), Infatuation (Impietas) with a broken statue of saints and Hostile Power (Vis Inimica). On the palm tree on the right hang the coat of arms of Parma and images of the siege of Antwerp and the ship bridge in 1585, Allegorical portrait of Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma., print maker: Gijsbert van Veen, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Otto van Veen, (mentioned on object), unknown, (mentioned on object), 1585 - 1628, paper, engraving, h 365 mm × w 237 mm.

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Allegory with Alessandro Farnese, the Duke of Parma, as an advocate of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands, 1585. Parma as Hercules with club and shield is pointed to a rock by the personification of (Catholic) Religion to the Temple of virtue. In front of him lie defeated on the ground Artificialism (Invidia), Infatuation (Impietas) with a broken statue of saints and Hostile Power (Vis Inimica). On the palm tree on the right hang the coat of arms of Parma and images of the siege of Antwerp and the ship bridge in 1585, Allegorical portrait of Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma., print maker: Gijsbert van Veen, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Otto van Veen, (mentioned on object), unknown, (mentioned on object), 1585 - 1628, paper, engraving, h 365 mm × w 237 mm

Personalities:

OTTO VAN VEEN • ALESSANDRO FARNESE • GIJSBERT VAN VEEN

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Album / quintlox

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Image size:

4710 x 5979 px | 80.6 MB

Print size:

39.9 x 50.6 cm | 15.7 x 19.9 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1585 • 1585-1628 • ADVOCATE • ALESSANDRO FARNESE • ALL SAINTS • ALLEGORICAL PORTRAIT • ALLEGORY • ANTWERP • ARMS • BROKEN STATUE • CATHOLIC CHURCH • CATHOLIC • CLUB • COAT • DUKE • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • FRONT • FRONTAL • GIJSBERT VAN VEEN • GROUND ARTIFICIALISM • H 365 MM × W 237 MM • HERCULES • HOSTILE POWER • IMAGES • IMPIETAS • INFATUATION • INTERMEDIARY DRAUGHTSMAN • INVIDIA • LIE DEFEATED • MENTIONED • NETHERLANDS • OBJECT • OBJECTS • OTTO VAN VEEN • OVERCOAT • PALM TREE • PAPER AND PACKAGE PRODUCTS • PAPER • PARMA • PERSONIFICATION • POINTED • PRINT MAKER • PRINT • RELIGION • RIGHT HANG • ROCK • SAINT • SHELTER • SHIELD • SHIP BRIDGE • SIEGE • TEMPERA • TEMPLE • TEMPLES • UMBRELLA • UNKNOWN • VIRTUE • VIS INIMICA