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[Allegory on the Discord in France]
[Allegory on the Discord in France]
CL M inv.
[published by Blaeu, 1638]
Etching, platemark 295 x 385mm (11½ x 15¼"). Small margins. Central fold (as issued?), printers crease; pinhole lower right, left corner wrinkled.
Hercules carrying a repaired globe marked 'Gallia' (France), assisted by Mars and Minerva. Statues of Justice and Concord on pedestals either side. One from a series of sixteen plates showing the festivals and ceremonies given to Marie de Medici by the city of Amsterdam during her visit from 31 August to 5 September 1638, published by Blaeu in Kaspar van Baerle's book on the festivities 'Medicea Hospes' ('The Medicean Guest'). The visit was considered an important moment in Dutch history as it conferred international recognition on the newly-formed Dutch Republic. This is one of the nine plates by Pieter Nolpe after Moyaert.
Muller 1793.13; Hollstein 6-14 (after Moeyaert); Hollstein 95-103 (Nolpe). For another plate from the volume see ref. 28696; for Barlaeus, see ref. 29659.
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[The marriage of the parents of Marie de Medici.]
[The marriage of the parents of Marie de Medici.]
CL Moyaert Inv. Nolpe fecit.
[Amsterdam: Willem Blaeu, 1638.]
Etching, 17th century watermark; 295 x 385mm (11½ x 15¼"). Outside margin messy.
The marriage of Francisco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Johanna of Austria, daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, in 1565. Published in Caspar Barlaeus' ''Medicea Hospes'', a collection of 16 plates of ceremonies relating to the life of their daughter Marie de' Medici who, as queen to Henry IV of France, visited Amsterdam in September 1638.
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