Print, satirical print, title-page, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1702

Title page to a tract entitled "nebucadnezars beeld tot versailles ten toon gesteld, om tot madrid opgerigt te worden", no. 27 in the series entitled "esopus in europa"; in the centre, an etching showing an elegant group of a french academician, a courtesan and a "bendvogel" (described by stephens as a member of a german society of painters in italy) with a small dog at their feet. They comment on a statue of the duke of anjou enthroned beneath a canopy supported by caryatids in the form of young french women, on the top of which is the sun of louis xiv; a number of gentlemen prostrate themselves at the feet of the statue. 1702 etching with letterpress printed in black ink. Date: 1702. Dimensions: Height: 97 mm (image plate); Height: 189 mm (sheet); Width: 132 mm (image plate); Width: 142 mm (sheet). Medium: paper. Depicted People: Aesop. Collection: British Museum. Print, satirical print, title-page (BM 1854,0513.522.27)