Personification of the province and county of Hainaut Title page for: D'annales de la province and comté d'Hainau, 1648, The personification of the province and county of Hainaut, in the form of a woman, sitting on a lion with a scepter and a city crown on the head. Behind her the arms of Hainaut, Oosterbant, Valenciennes and Brabant. On the left is the patron saint of the city of Bergen, Waldetrudis, and on the right is the count of Hainaut, Vincentius Madelgarius. In the background an architectural frame with busts of various rulers, centrally placed the image of Philip IV of Spain. At the top of the tetragram, Philip IV (king of Spain), Jean de la Barre (mentioned on object), paper, etching, h 310 mm × w 203 mm
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