"Emblema Hodierni Rerum status in Belgica Foederata"
[Emblem of the current state of affairs of the Belgian Federation]
Scarce, Original copper engraving by Jan Saenredam (Ca. 1565-1607), published Amsterdam Hermanus Alardj (/Allartz) Lettered plaque within image with title and "I.Saenredam inve. et sculp.", and below image in margin twelve lines of Latin verse in four columns followed by production detail "Amstelodami Excudebat Hermannus Alardj Anno A Christo Nato MDCII" Artwork depicting an allegory of the flourishing state of the United Provinces in 1602.
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16 ¾ x 23” (42.4 x 56 cm.) Ref.AR37 (124)/DN/l.andl>VOL
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This beautifully engraved image takes the form of hunt with Prince Maurice riding on horseback and leading a procession of fellow riders comprising his generals in a hunting party; ahead is a horse laden with the spoils of the hunt; a ribbon is presented and homage is given to a finely attired woman representing the federation of "Belgica" (sometimes known as the Dutch Virgin,) a personification of the united provinces.
She stands under the coats of arms of the various provinces and flanked by female attendants personifications of art and science; floating overhead is the goddess Fama trumpeting Victory with a laurel wreath; in the foreground at left, a boy stands beside a man with a musket on his shoulder and holds the collar of a large hunting dog. In the background are depicted all sorts of good stuff, scenes of commerce, shipping, dairy farming, falconry, deer (Heart) and wild boar hunting.
Latin inscription. Bartsch 10(222).
