Allegorical Prints and Imagery

Symbolic prints displaying historical figures in ornate settings, capturing themes of power, virtue, and classical mythology.

Allegorical performance on the occasion of the silver marriage of Jan van Vollenhove and Maria Palm, Bernard Picart, 1715 print Jan van Vollenhove and Maria Palm are sitting under a canopy, while holding each other's right hand. With them the wedding god Hymen is standing with a torch. A garden in the background. The performance is caught in an ornamental list of right and bottom left a nereid and triton. The list is crowned by a black woman with a fee and lady Fortuna. In the middle of a cartouche with the motto: Nova Gaudia Surgunt. Print made on the occasion of the silver marriage of Jan van Vollenhove and Maria Palm in 1715. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Marriage, Married Couple, 'Matrimonium'. (Story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros). Luck, Fortune, Lot; 'Fato', 'Fortuna', 'Aurea fortune', 'Good luck', 'peaceful luck overo Clemente', 'fate' (Ripa). Nereids, Daughters of Nereus; Sea-Nymphs. Triton (S)
Allegorical performance on the occasion of the silver marriage of Jan van Vollenhove and Maria Palm, Bernard Picart, 1715 print Jan van Vollenhove and Maria Palm are sitting under a canopy, while holding each other's right hand. With them the wedding god Hymen is standing with a torch. A garden in the background. The performance is caught in an ornamental list of right and bottom left a nereid and triton. The list is crowned by a black woman with a fee and lady Fortuna. In the middle of a cartouche with the motto: Nova Gaudia Surgunt. Print made on the occasion of the silver marriage of Jan van Vollenhove and Maria Palm in 1715. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Marriage, Married Couple, 'Matrimonium'. (Story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros). Luck, Fortune, Lot; 'Fato', 'Fortuna', 'Aurea fortune', 'Good luck', 'peaceful luck overo Clemente', 'fate' (Ripa). Nereids, Daughters of Nereus; Sea-Nymphs. Triton (S)