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Allegorical Prints

Illustrates mythological and symbolic narratives through intricate etchings and engravings, showcasing dramatic scenes from ancient tales.

Graflegging, Pierre Daret, after Simon Vouet, 1639 print print maker: Parisafter painting by: ParisFrance paper engraving Christ's entombment (possibly by angels)
Graflegging, Pierre Daret, after Simon Vouet, 1639 print print maker: Parisafter painting by: ParisFrance paper engraving Christ's entombment (possibly by angels)
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Hugo de Montturen En Lucia A Ashby. Toughen out of stock.
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Copper engraving and etching by Pierre Imbert Drevet between 1715 and 1739 depicting Louis XV, King of France, shown as a child in allegorical form.
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Jan van Schaffelaar jumps from the tower, Jan van der Veen (print maker), after Antonie Frederik Zürcher, 1855 - 1861 print Jan van Schaffelaar jumps from the tower of Barneveld, July 16, 1482. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper self-sacrifice, death in the service of a higher purpose
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Soul redemption, Adrien Didier, After Pierre Prud'Hon, 1874 print Paris paper. etching / engraving the soul travelling. snakes
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Young Buth killing everyone he meets and the sacrifice of the manippe (two illustrations); Picart, Bernard (1673-1733); 1727 (1727-00-00-1727-00-00);
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Bishop Ambrosius; Les Plat-Fonds Ou Les Tableaux des Galleries / ceilings or gallery pieces. Bishop Ambrosius; under the octagonal show a verse.
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RICHARD WAGNER German composer, deified at Bayreuth, with deposed gods and goddesses below: There is only one God, and His name is Wagner! Date: 1813 - 1883
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Allegory on the recovery of Willem V as Stadholder, 1787. Orangistic allegory on the recovery of Stadholder Willem V in 1787. The Stadholder standing on a pedestal embraces the freedom and receives religion the oracle leaf (the Bible). Right the virtues accept caution, justice and strength approving. In the foreground, the envy is defeated by a national hero and the Dutch lion, on the left in the background the temple of honor and virtue. With caption of two columns.
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Garrick, David .
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Herfst, Gerard de Lairesse, 1675 print Bacchus is on a cloud as a personification of autumn and is surrounded by three personalized months that vines and other seasonal fruit carry with him. Bacchus is partially covered with a tiger sheet and crowned with wind blades and grapes, in his left he holds a horn of abundance. The print is part of a four -part series of prints about the four seasons. Amsterdam paper etching Autumn, Fall, 'Autumnus'; 'Autunnon' (RIPA). (Story of) Bacchus, Liber
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Generosity, Jacques -Antoine Friquet de Vauroze, After Sébastien Bourdon, 1663 - 1738 print Keizer Augustus commands his servant to give money to a young man on the stairs for them. print maker: Franceafter design by: Parispublisher: FranceFrance paper engraving / etching historical persons. Generosity, Liberality; 'Generosití', 'Liberalití' (Ripa)
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Don't shoot!!!, from 'Hunting sketches,' published in Le Charivari, September 4, 1865 September 4, 1865 Honoré Daumier. Don't shoot!!!, from 'Hunting sketches,' published in Le Charivari, September 4, 1865. 'Hunting sketches' (Croquis de chasse). Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808-1879 Valmondois). September 4, 1865. Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil). Aaron Martinet (French, 1762-1841). Prints
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Harlekijn on crutches with young woman, Francesco Bartolozzi, After Giovanni Domenico Ferretti, 1739 - 1780 print Numbered below: No. 3. Venice paper etching / engraving types in 'commedia dell'arte': Harlequin. crutches. adolescent, young woman, maiden. wooden leg
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Polexandre for Diana, Abraham Bosse, 1637 print Paris paper etching / engraving (story of) Diana (Artemis). chariot, triumphal car
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Copper engraving by Giovanni Petrini around 1790 depicting the biblical Fall of Man, showing Adam and Eve with symbolic elements of sin and temptation.
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Roof van Proserpina and thief who looks at valuables, Adolphe Mouilleron, 1830 - 1881 print paper. abducting. thief. scarecrow. Proserpina (Persephone, Core), Libera - suffering, misfortune
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Allegory on the elevation of William IV, 1747, Jan Smit (II), 1747 print Allegorie on the elevation of William IV to Stadholder of the Republic, 1747. The Dutch Virgin sitting in the Dutch garden, the entrance of which is guarded by the Netherlands Lion. In the clouds, time brings the reins of the Netherlands Lion to the personification of the Oranje Vorst. Around the Garden Soldiers, on the right the Orange Steam Tree, in the foreground the French Haan, symbols of unfaithfulness, false promises, etc. On the leaf under the plate a explanation of the show in two columns. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing fenced or walled garden; 'Hortus Conclusus'. personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc. Netherlands
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Torture death of holy stefanus by stoning, giovanni domenico tiepolo, 1775 print Venice paper etching martyrdom and death of Stephen
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Line Drawing. Minerva an Mars.
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Print made by A. M. Ireland, active before 1801, Plate 1, A Seated Roman General and Plate 2, Issued Barley Instead of Wheat, 1794. Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.
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Allegorical performance with Historia and De Tijd at a solar eclipse, Charles Nicolas Cochin (II), 1725 - 1790 print France paper etching / engraving 'Historia'; 'Historia' (Ripa). Father Time, man with wings and scythe. medals and other marks of military honour. solar eclipse
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The death of King Teja, Pietro Narducci, Italian, active 1809 - 1841, Pencil, pen, ink, brush, brown watercolor on paper, Horizontal rectangle. The king lying upon the ground, supported by a soldier, raises his left artm with the shield. Corpses and soldiers are around him, one carrying a legionary eagle. Mountains, at right Vesuvius as a background. Frame, caption as -2358: 'Teja ultimo Rè dè Goti mortalmente ferito in battaglia al piè de Vesuvio.', Italy, ca. 1825-50, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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Drawing by Wenzel Hollar depicting putti carrying a beam inside a church, created in stone chalk with gray brush laved around 1646.
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E d'uccider se stesso in pensier venne / E lo facea, ma il Re Sobrrin lo tenne!, Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), after Giovanni Battista Cipriani RA, 1727-1785, Italian, active in Britain (1755-85), 1773, Engraving
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Explosion of the powder magazine in Maastricht, 1761; The Kruit-Magnyn in Maastricht jumped on December 21, 1761. The blast of the powder magazine in Maastricht on December 21, 1761. Due to the explosion, brokings of the building and people are blown into the air. Mounted at the top: in the Mercury, March first piece. 1762. Pag. 80.
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Rotterdam, Cornel, Nicolaas, Verlichting Eener zinnebeeldige Konstplaat Ter gedagtenis aan 't Volk van Nederland, Explanation of the print with the allegory on the preservation of freedom against the French enemy, 1793, verso - stamped, Text sheet with an explanation of the representation of the allegory on the preservation of freedom and religion in the Republic, thanks to the support of God and the Coalition troops, through the victory over the French troops in February 1793. Folded sheet with four sides numbered 1-4., text sheet, tekstblad, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 220 mm, width 260 mm, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, publisher, 1794 - 1794, paper, papier, letterpress printing, boekdruk
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Proclamation of Peace. Artist: Anonymous, British, 18th century. Dimensions: plate: 11 1/8 x 9 1/4 in. (28.3 x 23.5 cm)sheet: 12 5/16 x 10 1/16 in. (31.2 x 25.5 cm). Publisher: William Wells (British, active London 1779-85). Date: October 21, 1783.In this printed satire a trumpeting angel carries a banner that reads, "Peace proclaimed October 6, 1783." Figures below represent the contesting nations of America, France, Spain, Britain and Holland with comments from each contained in bubbles. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Cestius Gallus, Jan Luyken, 1659 - 1712 print paper etching
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Métabus. Artist: Louis Jean Désiré Delaistre (French, Paris 1800-1871 Paris); after Léon Cogniet (French, Paris 1794-1880 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 14 11/16 × 10 11/16 in. (37.3 × 27.2 cm). Published in: Paris. Date: ca. 1830. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Spring; Far; The four seasons. Flora sits like personification of spring on a cloud and is surrounded by three personified months that carry foliage and flowers. Flora is crowned with a flower wreath and makes a second of the flowers that the months give her. The print is part of a four-part series of prints over the four seasons.
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Print, Autumnus (Autumn); Print Maker: Gérard de Lairesse (Dutch, 1641-1711); etching on paper; 22.2 × 30.1 cm (8 3/4 × 11 7/8 in.); 1896-31-64
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Portrait of Louis XIII as Hercules, Abraham Bosse, 1635 print Louis XIII, portrayed as Hercules with club and lion skin, tramples Spanish shields on the floor. On the left, the French rooster drives away the Spanish lion and a fight is visible in the background. Hercules is depicted in heaven and Hendrik IV on the right, father of Lodewijk XIII. paper etching / engraving historical persons. king. (story of) Hercules (Heracles)
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Allegory at the birth of Princess Maria Amalia, daughter of Hendrik Casimir, 1689. Allegory at the birth of Princess Maria Amalia of Nassau-Dietz, daughter of Hendrik Casimir, January 29, 1689. Around the crib with the child and kneeling Minerva, JUNO and Cupid and Flora. On the left the peacocks of Juno. In the Hofvijver and the buildings of the Binnenhof. In the air angels wear the coat of arms of Nassau-Dietz and proclaims the fame with orange branch and trumpet the news of the birth of the princess. At the bottom of a verse of 8 lines.
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Ice fun outside the city walls, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1751 - 1816 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving ice ~ state of water. sleigh, sledge (non-sport). skates (winter sports). city-walls
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The tomb of Michelet to the pere-lachaise , Das Grab of the Historikers Jules Michelet in Père-Lachaise, Unknown
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Tecz me Se Snassy Constitue, Onse Cluta Ssybenice, Caricature from Bohemia on the escape of Metternich in March , Unknown
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Title Page of a Set of Representations of Battles Fought by Rene Duquay-Trouin (1673-1736), Nicolas Marie Ozanne, Jeanne Francoise Ozanne, 1735-1795, Etching on paper, A trophy of arms in clouds with thunderbolts., France, ca. 1775, ornament, Print, Print
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The Palace at Westminster: King Henry and the Prince of Wales (Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part 2, Act 4, Scene 4) first published 1795; reissued 1852 Robert Thew This image centers on a dramatic moment in King Henry IV, Part 2, where Prince Hal approaches the bedside of his dying father and tries on the crown. The work was conceived for John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, launched in 1786 as a publishing-cum-exhibition scheme that included a new illustrated edition of the plays, sets of large and small engravings, and a gallery on London's Pall Mall. The latter opened in 1789 with thirty-four paintings and contained about one hundred and seventy works the time Boydell went bankrupt and auctioned the contents in 1805-his print sales plummeted when Napoleon blocaded European ports. This impression belongs to an American reissue of 1852 spearheaded by Shearjashub Spooner, a New York dental surgeon and art scholar who acquired Boydell's heavily worn plates and had them reworked. Printed o
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Mithra sacrificing a bull still image. 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Bulls , Religious aspects, Sacrifices, Phrygians , To 499, Mithras (Zoroastrian deity), Gods, Zoroastrian, Mythology, Iranian, Rome , Religion, Bas-reliefs
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DUCHOMER / COUNTRAL A Chef, 27 Brumaire and 3 (17 9Bre 1794)
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Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Jacob Matham (attributed to), after Hendrick Goltzius, 1654 print Mary gives the chest the breast on the flight to Egypt during the break. A look at a river landscape in the background. Print Maker: Haarlem Publisher: Amsterdam paper engraving / letterpress printing rest on the flight into Egypt
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Anonymous late 17th-century drawing showing Jupiter seated between Juno and Venus, with Diana in the center, surrounded by allegorical figures, drawn with feather in brown and blue washes and quadrille layout.
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Stefano Della Bella, Title Page for Ornamenti di fregi e fogliani, probably 1648 Title Page for Ornamenti di fregi e fogliani
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Juliusz Kossak, "Jan Fredro, Ruthenian voivode, saves King Olbracht in Bukowina 1497" from the "Fredrów" series; from: "Tygodnik Illustrowany" 1900, No. 44 of November 3 (October 21), p. 867; Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Warsaw; magazine; 1859-1939), 1900 (1900-00-00-1900-00-00);Fredro, Fredro (family), Jan ( -Post 1508), Jan ( -Post 1508) - iconography, Jan Olbracht (King of Poland - 1459-1501), Jan Olbracht (Polish king - 1459-1501) - iconography, Julius (1824-1899) - reproduction, Kossak, Weekly Ilustrowany (Warsaw - magazine - 1859-1939) - Illustration, Illustrated weekly (Warsaw - magazine - 1859-1939) - illustrations, painting, Polish painting, battle scenes, press clippings
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Entrance of the gentlemen of Couvonge and of Chalabre, Jacques Callot, 1627 print On the left the gentlemen of Couvonge and of Chalabre, dressed as Minos and Rhadamanthys, brothers and judges in the underworld. For them a fire -breathing dragon, sturios and the three -headed hellhound Cerberus. Under the show a caption in French. This print is part of a series of illustrations for a book about the festivities (ao a tournament) in the Ducal Palace in Nancy on February 14, 1627. Nancy paper etching chariot, triumphal car. Minos (as judge of Hades). Rhadamanthus (as judge of Hades). dragon (large fabulous serpent, sometimes with wings and legs). Cerberus, the three- or many-headed dog; 'Cerbero' (Ripa) Nancy
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Autumn, Frederick Bloemaert, After Abraham Bloemaert, 1700 - 1800 print Seen a hunter with a dead hare over the arm on the back. His dog is waiting for the road. Originally print 3 from a series with the four seasons to Abraham Bloemaert. In this mixed series print 11. Utrecht paper engraving autumn, fall, 'Autumnus'; 'Autunno' (Ripa). seasons of the year (esp. personifications); 'Stagione', 'Le quattro stagione dell'anno' (Ripa) (+ with scenes showing human occupations ~ seasons and months). hunter
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Bannat Shepherd, Left Bank of the Danube. Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (French, 1804-1860); printed by Auguste Bry (French, 19th century); published by Chez Gihaut Frères (French, 19th century). Date: 1838. Dimensions: 248 × 198 mm (image); 250 × 199 mm (primary support); 498 × 354 mm (secondary support). Lithograph on gray chine laid down on ivory wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Diogenes van Sinope takes away his drinking nap when he sees a boy drinking from his hands, Anonymous, After Salvator Rosa, 1727 - 1755 print print maker: Francepublisher: ParisFrance paper etching / engraving Diogenes throws away his drinking-cup on seeing a boy drink from his cupped hands
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Engraving depicting elders standing in between large steep craggy mountains. The illustration is set within an ornate frame.
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Project for Ceiling Design Depicting Aurora, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on off-white laid paper, Circular composition. Aurora flies toward right holding leaves above a basket which is carried by putti. One putto below pours water from a jar. In the left background is Apollo rising in a chariot. Framed by a square in graphite, the lines being divided into eight parts., Italy, 1810-25, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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Allegory of the visit of the Prince and Princess to Amsterdam, 1768, anonymous, 1768, Allegory of the visit of Stadholder William V and Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia to Amsterdam, May 30 - June 4, 1768. On a shore, three allegorical female figures welcome the princely couple who arrive on a sea chariot pulled by dolphins. In the sky putti with torches, flowers and a banderole with inscription: Lux. Aurea. Venit. At top the arms of the prince and princess., draughtsman: anonymous, draughtsman: Reinier Vinkeles (I), (possibly), Northern Netherlands, 1768, paper, h 210 mm × w 175 mm
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Currently they bite dust, I owe you all my care (IT)
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Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus and the Ghost. Robert Thew (English, 1758-1802); after Henry Fuseli (Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825); published by John Boydell (English, 1719-1804); authored by William Shakespeare (English, 1564-1616). Date: 1796. Dimensions: 502 × 637 mm (plate); 593 × 880 mm (sheet). Engraving on ivory wove paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.
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Sodomites beaten with blindness, Gilliam van der Gouwen, after Gerard Hoet (I), 1728 print Two angels are attacked by the inhabitants of Sodom. The sodomites are beaten with blindness (Gen. 19: 10-11). The print has a Hebrew, Latin, French, English, German and Dutch caption. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: The Hague paper engraving / etching the two angels intervene and strike the mob that surround Lot's house with blindness
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Burning the Freedom Tree in Breda 1793, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1801 print Burning the freedom tree in Breda, after the French troops have left the city, 8 or 9 April 1793. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving on fire, ablaze. dancing around the tree of liberty Breda
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. Round performance. Alexander the Great on his deathbed surrounded by his soldiers who mourn his death. The print is to a lost bass relief by Gerard de Lairesse and is part of a four-part series with the subject of the demise of world rich in classical antiquity.
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Figure, François Nicolas (n.1825-03-21-D.1901-03-19), Le Veau d'Or (title registered (letter)), 1859. Albumin draw mounted on paper. House of Victor Hugo - Hauteville House.
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Glorification of Louis XVI of France, Joseph Ferdinand Lancrenon, after Anne-Louis Girodet trioson, c. 1820 print Paris paper king. apotheosis of a ruler. historical persons
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Martin, John (n.1789-07-19-D.1854-02-17), Le Festin de Balthazar (dummy title), 1835. engraving. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.
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Personification of spring, Claude Augustin Duflos, after François Boucher, 1710 - 1786 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving spring ~ human activities (the four seasons of the year)
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Fabricius and the elephant. Godwin, William, 1756-1836. Illustrations, Prints. 1809. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle. Rome , History
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Allegory on loyalty, 1795; Loyalty; Four allegories on the rotation in 1795. Allegory on loyalty, 1795. Loyalty sorts on a coffin, key in her hand, under christen floor plans for fortifications, next to her a dog. To the left of her steadfastness or strength, the right discharges Jancules Janus (double-heartedness with fire and water) and deception. Two angels come to offer a heart and a jug. In the foreground the Dutch lion and a growing man (possibly war).