Geschiedenis zittend op een troon Titelpagina voor Liutprand, Opera, Antwerpen, 1640 The female personification of history sits on a stone throne and writes with a feather in a book. On both sides of the seat stand Mercury and hang a woman who garlands with medals to a palm and a deciduous tree. At the base of the throne, a reference to the robbery of Europa. Manufacturer : printmaker Cornelis Galle (II) (listed building), designed by Peter Paul Rubens (listed building) for drawing Erasmus Quellinus (II) ( listed on object) publisher: Officina Plantiniana (listed building) publisher: Balthasar
Geschiedenis zittend op een troon Titelpagina voor Liutprand, Opera, Antwerpen, 1640 The female personification of history sits on a stone throne and writes with a feather in a book. On both sides of the seat stand Mercury and hang a woman who garlands with medals to a palm and a deciduous tree. At the base of the throne, a reference to the robbery of Europa. Manufacturer : printmaker Cornelis Galle (II) (listed building), designed by Peter Paul Rubens (listed building) for drawing Erasmus Quellinus (II) ( listed on object) publisher: Officina Plantiniana (listed building) publisher: Balthasar Moretus (I) (listed building) Place manufacture: Antwerp Date: 1640 Physical features: car material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) Dimensions: plate edge: h 273 mm × b 180 mmToelichtingTitelpagina for: Liutprand, Opera, Antwerp: ex officina Plantiniana B. Moretus 1640. Subject: Historia; 'Historia' (Ripa) (story of) Mercury (Hermes) Jupiter Benthic, usually in the shape of a white bull, abducts Europa and carries her across the water
Size: 1291px × 1934px
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