Allegorical Presentation on the occasion of the marriage of William Sterling and Johanna Maria van Rijckevorsel, Jan Punt, 1749 print Allegorical performance made on the occasion William Sterling and Johanna Maria van Rijckevorsel, married in Rotterdam on August 19, 1744. The love couple runs in the direction of the wedding god Hymen. It stands at an altar and points to the sky, where a putto scatters flowers. Juno, accompanied by Venus, is on the clouds. In the foreground putti that decorate a Herm of Mercury with garlands. On the left a river god and a nymph. Amsterdam paper etching / engrav
Allegorical Presentation on the occasion of the marriage of William Sterling and Johanna Maria van Rijckevorsel, Jan Punt, 1749 print Allegorical performance made on the occasion William Sterling and Johanna Maria van Rijckevorsel, married in Rotterdam on August 19, 1744. The love couple runs in the direction of the wedding god Hymen. It stands at an altar and points to the sky, where a putto scatters flowers. Juno, accompanied by Venus, is on the clouds. In the foreground putti that decorate a Herm of Mercury with garlands. On the left a river god and a nymph. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving couple of lovers. (story of) Hymen(aeus). Juno Iuga, Juno Pronuba, protectress of marriage. (story of) Venus (Aphrodite). (story of) Mercury (Hermes). herms (garden ornaments). river-gods. armorial bearing, heraldry
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