The chariot of war The chariot of war Object Type: picture Item number: : FMH 746The Illustrated Bartsch 108Opmerking: S1New Hollstein Dutch 204-1 (4) Description: Allegory on the causes and consequences of the war. The personification of War (Bellum) riding a chariot drawn by four horses, leading a procession of personifications of various elements prior to the outbreak of the war. From the top of the mountain will be a parade of famous heroes and commanders from the Old Testament. Left the land and the sea devastated by war. In the clouds personifies Victory
The chariot of war The chariot of war Object Type: picture Item number: : FMH 746The Illustrated Bartsch 108Opmerking: S1New Hollstein Dutch 204-1 (4) Description: Allegory on the causes and consequences of the war. The personification of War (Bellum) riding a chariot drawn by four horses, leading a procession of personifications of various elements prior to the outbreak of the war. From the top of the mountain will be a parade of famous heroes and commanders from the Old Testament. Left the land and the sea devastated by war. In the clouds personifies Victory (Victoria) with a laurel wreath. The cartouche upper left is a paper with a Bible geplakt. Manufacturer : printmaker: Hendrick Goltzius Publisher: Philip Galle (listed property) Place manufacture: Northern Netherlands Date: 1578 Physical features: engra pasted text in letterpress material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) / letterpress dimensions: sheet: 197 mm × h 361 mm Subject b: symbols, ALLEGORIES or war; 'Guerra' (Ripa) Eighty Years' War When: 1578 - 1578
Size: 2064px × 1210px
Photo credit: © Art World / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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