Plate 5a: Marie de Medici as Berecynthia, from Caspar Barlaeus, "Medicea Hospes"

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

1638 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

Marie de Medici, Queen of France, and King Henry IV on a chariot drawn by four lions. At right, the female personification of Amsterdam stands on the stern of a ship. 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

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

Date

1638

Medium

Etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951