Allegorical performance on the occasion of the marriage of Abraham Buyssant and Catharina des Amorie, Jan Wandelaar, 1720 print The wedding couple is on the stairs of a classic building. They are crowned with a laurel wreath by Hymenaeus who shines a beam of blasting above them by a ring as a symbol of connectedness. For the couple are putti with wind instruments and burning torches, symbols of love. The left woman, probably the personification of Trouw, offers the couple two keys. The right woman holds a horn of abundance. Left front are two electricity gods. The show is caught in an ornament
Allegorical performance on the occasion of the marriage of Abraham Buyssant and Catharina des Amorie, Jan Wandelaar, 1720 print The wedding couple is on the stairs of a classic building. They are crowned with a laurel wreath by Hymenaeus who shines a beam of blasting above them by a ring as a symbol of connectedness. For the couple are putti with wind instruments and burning torches, symbols of love. The left woman, probably the personification of Trouw, offers the couple two keys. The right woman holds a horn of abundance. Left front are two electricity gods. The show is caught in an ornamental frame with, among other things, torches and burning hearts. Abraham Buyssant and Catharina des Amorie hold a drapery above the performance. At the top left Mercurius and on the right a putto with the family crest. The marriage took place on June 16, 1720 in Haarlem. North Netherlands paper etching / engraving marriage, married couple, 'matrimonium'. specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury; Mercury as patron. specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Minerva; Minerva as patroness. title-page
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