Plate 11: Allegory on the Discord in France, from Caspar Barlaeus, "Medicea Hospes"

Caspar Barlaeus|Joan and Cornelius Blaeu|Claes Moeyaert|Pieter Nolpe

1638 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

Plate 11: Allegory on the Discord in France, from Caspar Barlaeus, "Medicea Hospes" — Caspar Barlaeus|Joan and Cornelius Blaeu|Claes Moeyaert|Pieter Nolpe

Henry IV as Hercules consulting with Minerva and Mars about how to fix the large crack in the globe at center. Justice lies on the floor at right with the personification of France behind her. The Olympian gods look down from above. One of a series of sixteen plates showing the festivals and ceremonies in honor of Marie de Medici's visit to Amsterdam from August 31 to September 5, 1638. Illustration to Caspar Barlaeus, "Medicea Hospes", Amsterdam, 1638.

Artist: Caspar Barlaeus|Joan and Cornelius Blaeu|Claes Moeyaert|Pieter Nolpe
Date: 1638
Medium: Etching
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951