Allegory of the indivisibility of the Batavian Republic, Hendrik Roosing, after August Christian Hauck, after Cornelis Bakker, 1795 - 1797 print Above a pedestal - with a book, a document with stamps and a sword - the personification of freedom (with the hate and lance) and the personification of prosperity (with the horn of abundance) jointly hold a laurel wreath, palm branch and olive branch. A heart floats above the wreath. The personifications of freedom and prosperity are plagued by deception (left), slander (in the air) and envy, which are attacked by three putti. In the foreground the p
Allegory of the indivisibility of the Batavian Republic, Hendrik Roosing, after August Christian Hauck, after Cornelis Bakker, 1795 - 1797 print Above a pedestal - with a book, a document with stamps and a sword - the personification of freedom (with the hate and lance) and the personification of prosperity (with the horn of abundance) jointly hold a laurel wreath, palm branch and olive branch. A heart floats above the wreath. The personifications of freedom and prosperity are plagued by deception (left), slander (in the air) and envy, which are attacked by three putti. In the foreground the personifications of the Amstel and the IJ, with a heart in their midst. Left personifications of justice and steadfastness and on the right in the background a group of patriots. In the air the holy trinity, represented as a like-sided triangle in a light wreath with God's eye in the middle. The print is the second part of a series of four prints about the Batavian revolution. Rotterdam paper etching / engraving Freedom, Liberty; 'Libertà' (Ripa). Envy; 'Invidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Calumny, Detraction; 'Biasimo vitioso', 'Calunnia', 'Detrattione', 'Maledicenza' (Ripa). 'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty. Cheat, Deceit; 'Fraude', 'Inganno' (Ripa). Justitia (justice) as Roman personification. Perseverance, Resolution, Determination; 'Perseveranza' (Ripa) (+ personification). patriot (revolutionary) (+ variant)
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