Plate 10: Allegory on the Discord in France, from Caspar Barlaeus, "Medicea Hospes"

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

1638 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

Plate 10: Allegory on the Discord in France, from Caspar Barlaeus, "Medicea Hospes" — Joan and Cornelius Blaeu|Pieter Nolpe|Claes Moeyaert|Caspar Barlaeus

A large globe lies broken at center. Marie de Medici stands to the right, pleading with the gods to send help. Henry IV as Hercules, stands to the left. 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|Claes Moeyaert|Caspar Barlaeus
Date: 1638
Medium: Etching
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951