Allegory of the arrival of Johan Willem Friso and Maria Louise in Leeuwarden, 1710, Allegory of the arrival of Prince Johan Willem Friso and Princess Maria Louise in Leeuwarden on January 2, 1710. Centrally the Prince and Princess of Orange with the personifications of Wisdom, Prudence and Religion, Hercules smites Deceit, Slander and Envy into the abyss. On the right, Vigilance spreads a cloth on which the military victories of the prince are depicted, including the Dutch Lion and the provincial virgin of Friesland. On the left an entry through a triumphal gate (of the Dutch Virgin or Freedom), in the background the Parnassus with Apollo, Pegasus and the Muses. In the clouds the Fame, the All-Seeing Eye and the Honor. In the background on the right a building that resembles the Town Hall (construction started in 1715). In the caption the dedication in Latin to the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, the father of the Princess of Orange., print, print maker: Matthijs Pool, (mentioned on object), after drawing by: Arnold Houbraken, (mentioned on object), François Halma, (mentioned on object), Northern Netherlands, 1710, paper, etching, engraving, height, 602 mm × width, 805 mm

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