Allegory of the Dutch Republic’s Victory over England and France, 1674 print Great allegorical representation over the victory of the Republic under the leadership of William III in 1674. Through two stories from Greek mythology, the victory of the United Netherlands under the leadership of Prince Willem on its enemies is recorded in the Peace of Westminster on February 19, 1674, glorified. Mercury and Jupiter point out the Dutch Virgin with the Horsed Freedom on an open book by the Metamorphoses of Ovidius in which scenes from the stories of Apollo and Daphne and Neptunus and Coronis can be s
Allegory of the Dutch Republic’s Victory over England and France, 1674 print Great allegorical representation over the victory of the Republic under the leadership of William III in 1674. Through two stories from Greek mythology, the victory of the United Netherlands under the leadership of Prince Willem on its enemies is recorded in the Peace of Westminster on February 19, 1674, glorified. Mercury and Jupiter point out the Dutch Virgin with the Horsed Freedom on an open book by the Metamorphoses of Ovidius in which scenes from the stories of Apollo and Daphne and Neptunus and Coronis can be seen. Below the Dutch lion that drives the French rooster and an English dog. At the bottom, the fables and the political interpretation are explained at the bottom. Stands before the three verses. Northern Netherlands paper etching Daphne changed into a laurel-tree: while fleeing from Apollo, Daphne is changed into a laurel-tree by her father Peneus (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 548). Coronis changed into a crow: to escape the love of Neptune, Coronis, daughter of Coroneus, is changed into a crow by Minerva (Ovid, Metamorphoses II 569)
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