The Power of Peace, 1648 Cracht des Pays (title object) The power of peace, 1648De Cracht des Pays (title object) Property Type: print propaganda picture Item number: : FMH 1957Atlas van Stolk 1959New Hollstein Dutch 1935-4 (6) Mauquoy-Hendricx (Who: rix) 1652-4 (5) Description: Zinneprent the Peace of Westphalia, 1648. Caution (Prudence), reason (ratio) and Time (Tempus) forging weapons of war into plowshares and other tools. Violence (Violentia) serves the bellows of the furnace. In heaven Peace (Pax) and Justice (Justitia). In and among the show inscriptions
The Power of Peace, 1648 Cracht des Pays (title object) The power of peace, 1648De Cracht des Pays (title object) Property Type: print propaganda picture Item number: : FMH 1957Atlas van Stolk 1959New Hollstein Dutch 1935-4 (6) Mauquoy-Hendricx (Who: rix) 1652-4 (5) Description: Zinneprent the Peace of Westphalia, 1648. Caution (Prudence), reason (ratio) and Time (Tempus) forging weapons of war into plowshares and other tools. Violence (Violentia) serves the bellows of the furnace. In heaven Peace (Pax) and Justice (Justitia). In and among the show inscriptions and verses in Dutch, Latin and French. The print was originally made on the occasion of the Edict in 1577. Adapted here to serve as an allegory on the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Manufacturer : printmaker: Wierixnaar design: Marten van Cleve (I) (attributed to) Publisher: Joannes Galle (listed on object) Place manufacture: printmaker: Southern Netherlands Publisher: Antwerp Date: 1577 and / or 1648 Physical features: car material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) Dimensions: plate edge: h 372 mm × W 465 mm Subject: smith, blacksmithIsaiah's prophecy of the swords beaten into plow-sharessymbols, allegories of peace, Pax; 'Pace' (Ripa) Peace of Westphalia When: 1648-05-15 - 1648-05-15
Size: 1764px × 1416px
Photo credit: © Art World / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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