Allegory on the occasion of the marriage of Abraham and Barnaart Angel of Hoven Allegory occasion the marriage of Abraham and Barnaart Angel of Courts in 1724 in Haarlem on 28 March. The huwelijksgod Hymen for its temple and receives the couple and her retinue of nymphs, fauns and maenads. Up in the air floats the handelsgod Mercury. Right is Minerva, indicating the pair. Putti show her fabric, symbolizing the trade of the couple in fabrics. Among the show's motto: Oppugnent Alii Hic Solus The Corde Triumphat. Manufacturer : printmaker: Bernard Picart (listed building), designed by Bernard Pic
Allegory on the occasion of the marriage of Abraham and Barnaart Angel of Hoven Allegory occasion the marriage of Abraham and Barnaart Angel of Courts in 1724 in Haarlem on 28 March. The huwelijksgod Hymen for its temple and receives the couple and her retinue of nymphs, fauns and maenads. Up in the air floats the handelsgod Mercury. Right is Minerva, indicating the pair. Putti show her fabric, symbolizing the trade of the couple in fabrics. Among the show's motto: Oppugnent Alii Hic Solus The Corde Triumphat. Manufacturer : printmaker: Bernard Picart (listed building), designed by Bernard Picart (listed property) Place manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1724 Physical features: etching and engra material: paper Technique : etching / engra (printing process) Dimensions: plate edge: h 252 mm × W 202 mmToelichtingDeze and other wedding pictures were later compiled and issued with an explanatory text: Explication the diverses inventées planches et pour des gravées epithalames ou noces. Par Bernard Picart. [1730-1734], No. IX. Subject:. Marriage, married couple, "matrimonium '(or story) Hymen (aeus) (or story) Mercury (Hermes) (or story) Minerva (Pallas, Athena) Faunussatyrs, fauns, Silenispirit of the air, and sylph
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