Allegorical Prints of Dutch Heritage

Allegorical representations celebrating Dutch freedom and arts, rich in symbolism, blending historical figures with ornate decorations and intelligent motifs.

Wandelaar, Jan, Noord-Nederland, Vignette with a couple in a landscape, verso lower right - stamped, A couple in love walks towards a woman playing a lyre. Cupid sits at her feet. Juno is in the air on a cloud, who acts as a protector who watches over the marriage. The representation is set in an ornamental frame with a quotation from the poet Gaius Valerius Catullus: Boni Conjuges Bene Vivete. On the edge sits a female figure holding the coats of arms of the spouses., print, engraving, wedding print, prints, verso lower left - stamped, height 141 mm, width 154 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1690-04-14 - 1759-03-26, print maker, printmaker, 1702 - 1759, paper, papier, etching, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by
Wandelaar, Jan, Noord-Nederland, Vignette with a couple in a landscape, verso lower right - stamped, A couple in love walks towards a woman playing a lyre. Cupid sits at her feet. Juno is in the air on a cloud, who acts as a protector who watches over the marriage. The representation is set in an ornamental frame with a quotation from the poet Gaius Valerius Catullus: Boni Conjuges Bene Vivete. On the edge sits a female figure holding the coats of arms of the spouses., print, engraving, wedding print, prints, verso lower left - stamped, height 141 mm, width 154 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1690-04-14 - 1759-03-26, print maker, printmaker, 1702 - 1759, paper, papier, etching, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by