Allegory on the flourishing state of the Republic, 1602, Emblema Hodierni rerum status in Belgica foederata (title on object), Allegory on the flourishing state of the Republic, 1602. View in the forest with Prince Maurits at the head of a hunting party during which the proceeds from the hunt are offered to the Dutch Virgin as a personification of the united Netherlands. On the right the procession of hunters including Frederik Hendrik. The Dutch Virgo is surrounded by the personifications of the liberal arts, Mercury and the coats of arms of the provinces of the Republic. Fama blows the

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