Vos, Maerten de, Southern Netherlands, Wierix, Den Boom des Verbondts, Arbor Pacis, De Boom van het Verbond, 1578, mo four times eight lines, Political allegory from 1578 with the Tree of Peace (Arbor Pacis) in the middle; at the top of the tree the coat of arms of Philip II in which a heart is placed from heaven; in the branches on the left and right are Love (Charitas) and Divine Order (Ordo Divinus), next to each an empty coat of arms. Together with the female personifications of Fidelity (Fiducia) and Concordia (Eendracht), they carry a cord on which the coats of arms of the seventeen Provinces hang. Fiducia tramples Fallacia and Concordia displace Discord (Discordia). In the middle lies on the ground an open Bible with a sword on it. Behind the tree angels chase away monsters and predators. In the caption four verses of 8 lines each in Dutch, Latin, French and German., print, engraving, propaganda print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, THE TREE OF THE BOND., top center, ARBOR.PACIS., on the trunk of the tree, As Love with Faithfulness fixed by Concordance....In der not wirt gotts und der Minschen trou bekant., height 344 mm, width 426 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1578 - 1578, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, engraving (printing process), Work conception, South Netherlands, 1532 - 1603-12-04
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