Antique Master Print-STAGE WITH MUSES-17 PROVINCES-Mommaert-1594

Illustration depicting the stage with the 17 provinces, featuring fifteen seated maidens with their coats of arms, with Holland and Zeeland standing on the far right.

Made by an anonymous engraver after Mommaert.

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 28.7 x 19.8 cm (11.3 x 7.8 inch). Image size: 28.7 x 19.8 cm. (11.3 x 7.8 inch).

Condition: fair, given age. Staining at rIght. Rear text. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

STAGE WITH MUSES-17 PROVINCES | PCO-A15-8

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Illustration in: Descriptio et explicatio pegmatvm, arcvvm et spectacvlorvm qvae Brvxellae Brabant : pridie cal: Febr. Ao 1594 exhibita fvere, svb ingressvm Sereniss : Principis Ernesti, dei Gratia Archidvcis Avstriae … pro Philippo II. Hispaniarvm Monarcha, Belgicae ditionis Gvbernatore, Johannes Mommaert, Brussels 1594, [plate 20]. In the collection of the Rijksmuseum Research Library, call number: 325 A 9. Not in Frederik Muller; number added by the RPK.

Reference: FMH 1028-AII/21.