Top left cartouche with symbols and topographical information about the Seventeen Provinces. Moreover, the Dutch Lion, Minerva left and right, a woman with a crown. Underneath the coat of arms of the family Munter. Top right title cartouche with around it a number of figures: Hercules, Minerva, Fama, a woman with the horn of plenty in its arms (possibly Concordia), and a woman with a rim on its head and a sheaf of corn into its arms (possibly Fides). Bottom left scale bar: Milli Aria Germania com: nasty Duytsche leagues, Milli Aria Gallica COMMUNIA / Hours Gaens. Degrees distribution along the
Top left cartouche with symbols and topographical information about the Seventeen Provinces. Moreover, the Dutch Lion, Minerva left and right, a woman with a crown. Underneath the coat of arms of the family Munter. Top right title cartouche with around it a number of figures: Hercules, Minerva, Fama, a woman with the horn of plenty in its arms (possibly Concordia), and a woman with a rim on its head and a sheaf of corn into its arms (possibly Fides). Bottom left scale bar: Milli Aria Germania com: nasty Duytsche leagues, Milli Aria Gallica COMMUNIA / Hours Gaens. Degrees distribution along the edges. Orientation: north rechts. Manufacturer : printmaker Abraham Jansz. Door to design: Nicolaes Visscher (I) publisher: Nicolaes Visscher (I) (rejected attribution) Editor: Peter Schenk (I) (listed building) provider of privilege: States General (listed property) assigned to: Dirk Munter ( Theodorus) (shown on object) Place manufacture: Amsterdam Dating: 1656 to 1663 and / or 1725 - 1750 Physical characteristics: engra, hand-colored material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) / hand-color measurements: plate edge: h 470 mm × b 570 mmToelichtingPrent also used: Atlas minor sive Geographia compendiosa in terms orbis terrarum (...). Amsterdam: Reinier and Josua Ottens, 1725-1750. Subject: maps of separate countries or regions coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.) Fame; "Fama", "Fama buona", "Fama chiara '(Ripa) (the story of) Hercules (Herakles) (story of) Minerva (Pallas Athena) Concordia as Roman personificationFides (faith) as Roman personification
Size: 1726px × 1448px
Photo credit: © Art World / Alamy / Afripics
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