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Allegorie op de bosbouw
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LastDodo number
5135723
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Prints / graphics
Title
Allegorie op de bosbouw
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1697
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25,6 x 19,3
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Etching by Wenzel Hollar (1607-1677) after Francis Cleyn (ca.1582-1658) depicting an allegory of forestry. The print belongs to the second song of Virgil's Georgics. Published in London by Jacob Tonson in 1697 in "The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics, and Aeneid. Translated into English Verse; by Mr. Dryden. Adorn'd with a Hundred Sculptures." Signed in the lower right corner of the print. Numbered 69 at the top.
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Ets door Wenzel Hollar (1607-1677) naar Francis Cleyn (ca. 1582-1658) met voorstelling van een allegorie op de bosbouw. De prent behoort bij de tweede zang van de Georgica van Vergilius.
Uitgegeven te Londen door Jacob Tonson in 1697 in: "The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics, and Aeneis. Translated into English Verse; by Mr. Dryden. Adorn'd with a Hundred Sculptures." Gesigneerd rechtsonder in druk. Bovenaan genummerd 69.