Allegory of America, mid-17th–late 17th century, Black chalk, brush, black ink, gray wash. Incised for transfer., 17 5/8 x 11 13/16 in. (44.8 x 30 cm), Drawings, Nicolaes Berchem (Dutch, Haarlem 1621/22–1683 Amsterdam), This drawing served as a model for an engraved title page in the second volume of an atlas on the Americas, Joan Blaeu’s Atlas Maior (Amsterdam, 1662). Berchem, a prolific draftsman and painter who specialized in landscapes, reconfigured the New World allegory for a Dutch context by including a detailed setting alluding to trade and religion
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Allegory, America, mid-17th–late 17th century, Black chalk, brush, black ink, gray wash, Incised, transfer, 17 5/8 x 11 13/16, 44.8 30 cm, Drawings, Nicolaes Berchem, Dutch, Haarlem, 1621/22–1683, Amsterdam, drawing, served, model, engraved title, page, second volume, atlas, Americas, Joan Blaeu, Atlas, Maior, 1662, Berchem, prolific draftsman, painter, specialized, landscapes, reconfigured, New World, allegory, Dutch context, detailed setting, alluding, trade, religion
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