Allegory on William V, Prince of Orange-Nassau, as patron of the Leiden Academy, 1775, Wilhelmo Quinto Serenissimo Arausionensis et Nassaviae Principi, Necnon Academiae Lugduno Batavae (...) (title on object), Allegorical vignette with William V as patron of the university, on the occasion of the Second Centenary of the founding of the University of Leiden, February 8, 1775. The city virgin of Leiden accompanies the prince to Minerva at a colonnade on the Castle. On the left the river god of the Rhine, on the right a trophy of arms, in the foreground children with books. Below the vignette a verse of four lines in Latin., print, print maker: Reinier Vinkeles (I), (mentioned on object), after drawing by: Reinier Vinkeles (I), (mentioned on object), Johannes le Francq van Berkhey, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1775, paper, engraving, etching, height, 328 mm × width, 255 mm
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