Plate 13: Allegory on the Discord in France, from Caspar Barlaeus, "Medicea Hospes"

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

1638 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

Louis XIII as Hercules carrying the repaired globe on his shoulders, assisted by Minerva and Mars. Statues of Justice and Concord stand on pedestals in the background. 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|Pieter Nolpe|Caspar Barlaeus|Claes Moeyaert

Date

1638

Medium

Etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951