Allegorical Historical Prints

Intricate engravings portraying historical allegories, featuring figures from various eras entwined in narratives of victory and leadership.

Claudius Civilis is imprisoned and his brother Paulus beheaded, 69-70, 1768 - 1770 print Claudius Civilis is captured and his brother Paul us beheaded. Print 3 in a series about the Batavian rebellion, copied to the Batavorum Cum Romanis Bellum series by Antonio Tempesta (Otto Vaenius, Antwerp 1612). Illustration for: Marquis de St. Simon, Histoire de la Guerre des Bataves et des Romains, d'Aperrès César; Corneille Tacite, Aux Dépens de Marc-Michel Rey, Amsterdam 1770. Prints printed in a large ornamental frame in which a cut out title and at the bottom a caption is stuck in French.  paper etching / engraving extinct, 'historical' peoples (with NAME). extinct, 'historical' peoples (with NAME) Netherlands
Claudius Civilis is imprisoned and his brother Paulus beheaded, 69-70, 1768 - 1770 print Claudius Civilis is captured and his brother Paul us beheaded. Print 3 in a series about the Batavian rebellion, copied to the Batavorum Cum Romanis Bellum series by Antonio Tempesta (Otto Vaenius, Antwerp 1612). Illustration for: Marquis de St. Simon, Histoire de la Guerre des Bataves et des Romains, d'Aperrès César; Corneille Tacite, Aux Dépens de Marc-Michel Rey, Amsterdam 1770. Prints printed in a large ornamental frame in which a cut out title and at the bottom a caption is stuck in French. paper etching / engraving extinct, 'historical' peoples (with NAME). extinct, 'historical' peoples (with NAME) Netherlands