[Defendors of the Catholic church in the Netherlands]
Wierix, Johannes, 1549-c. 1620
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603
Huybrechts, Adriaan, c.1550-after 1614
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Print Statement [2]
AHuberti D.D.
Antwerp
[1587]
1 print : engraving ; plate mark 276 x 195 mm. on sheet 295 x 214 mm.
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Latin
Netherlands
in image, lower left: "M.D.V. figura."; lower right: "Ioan. W. sculp."; on platform in centre: "S.P.Q.A. Ahuberti D.D."; in sky, underneath Mary: "Per me Re:ges Reg:nat."; in centre of image: "Et Legum Conditores iusta discernunt".
L.4559
In the upper part of the image, the Virgin and child appear on a crescent moon, surrounded by angels. Underneath are depicted Charles V, Philip II, Alessandro Farnese and John of Austria and several courtiers to represent the defendors of the Catholic fai
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Jesus ChristMary, blessed virgin, saintPhilip II, king of Spain, 1526-1598Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558John, of Austria, 1547-1578Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma, 1545-1592
religionallegories
Biblioteca Casanatense
Fondo Stampe e Disegni
20.A.III.100/99
20.A.III.100
F.W.H. Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, Vol. XLIV, Maarten de Vos, Rotterdam, 1996, p. 268, n° 1343.
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