Identification title(s): allegory on the marriage of prince william iv and anna of hannover, 1734. Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-84. 216. Catalog reference: fmh 3747, atlas van stolk 3578. Description: allegory of the marriage of prince william iv and anna of hanover and the capture in leeuwarden on may 11, 1734. Centrally the prince and princess of orange with the personifications of wisdom, prudence and religion, hercules smashes deception, 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. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: matthijs pool, printmaker: anonymous, after a drawing by: arnold houbraken. Place of manufacture: northern netherlands. Dating: 1710 and/or 1734 - 1710. Physical features: etching and engraving. Material: paper technique: etching / engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 555 mm × w 793 mm explanation reuse of the original plate by matthijs pool for the allegory of the entry of johan willem friso and maria louise in leeuwarden from 1710, see fmh 3458. Subject: what: parnassos, sacred to apollo the leader of the muses, triumphal entry and public reception, pageant, 'entrée solennelle', 'joyeuse entrée', symbolic triumphs of individual persons. When: 1734-05-11. Where: leeuwarden. Who: willem iv (prince of orange-nassau), anne of hannover. Acquisition: purchase 1881. Date: 1710 en/of 1734 - 1710.
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