Painted Wall Hanging with Peace, Trompe l'oeil: a white marble sculpture in a brown marbled niche. Above the niches, representations are also shown in trompe l'oeil, in grisaille on black ground. Peace with a palm branch and a horn of abundance as attributes. At her left foot the nest of a kingfisher. The base of the column on which Peace rests is signed and dated: Jn. Andriessen inv. & fec. 1786. This signature and date is painted as chiselled in the base of the column. The niche is decorated with a laurel wreath at the top. In the frieze above the painting and sculpture and probably poetry sacrifice their arts to Peace, symbols, allegories of peace, 'Pax', 'Pace' (Ripa), peace and prosperity, 'Pax et Abundantia', Jurriaan Andriessen (signed by artist), Amsterdam, 1786, oil paint (paint), canvas, painting, h 277 cm × w 102 cm h 235.6 cm × w 111.6 cm × d 9 cm
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