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Frontispiece with the allegorical representation of history seated on a throne, for the collected work Opera by Liutprand of Cremona (Antwerp: 1640), ca. 1640

  • burin engraving, paper
  • 277 x 180 mm
  • Inv. 2015-MP

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The female personification of history sits on a stone throne and writes with a feather in a book. On either side of the throne are Mercury and a woman hanging garlands of medals from a palm and a deciduous tree. On the base of the throne is a reference to the abduction of Europa.

Artist

Cornelis II Galle RKD
Antwerp 1615 - Antwerp 1678
engravers (printmakers)AAT

Erasmus II Quellinus RKD
Antwerp 1607 - Antwerp 1678
after

Balthasar I Moretus
Antwerp 1574 - Antwerp 1641
publisherAAT

Title Frontispiece with the allegorical representation of history seated on a throne, for the collected work Opera by Liutprand of Cremona (Antwerp: 1640)
Date ca. 1640
Period 17th century
Location Antwerp TGN
Medium and support burin engraving AAT
Collection print room
Object type burin engraving AAT
illustrations AAT
reproductive prints AAT
Inventory number 2015-MP
Acquisition credit unknown
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2015-MP
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/9141/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055866 allegory (artistic device) AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass
25G4111 garland, wreath Iconclass
25H23 sea (seascape) Iconclass
31A277 movement in water Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass
31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass
47I2111 bull Iconclass
49K10 'Historia'; 'Historia' (Ripa) Iconclass
6 History Iconclass
92B1 (story of) Jupiter (Zeus) Iconclass
92B1218 Jupiter, usually in the shape of a white bull, abducts Europa and carries her across the water Iconclass
92B12181 Europa and her maidens play with the bull, and/or adorn it with flowers Iconclass
92B5 (story of) Mercury (Hermes) Iconclass
School / Style Baroque AAT
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