People personifying empires, continents, cities and rural areas, and rivers. Etching by R. de Hooghe.

  • Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708.
Date:
[1708]
Reference:
2535480i
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Description

An African brings two elephant tusks, and an Indian a metal vase, to a woman representing empire. Representatives of America and the Roman empire are also present. Above, Apollo drives the chariot of the sun, and Atlas holds up the world from the Atlas mountains. Below, representatives of the rivers

Publication/Creation

Amsterdam : chez Pierre Mortier, [1708]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 49.2 x 28.2 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Atlas novum ad usum serenissimi Burgundiae ducis. Atlas françois à l'usage de Monseigneur le Duc de Bourgogne contenant les cartes et ... des empires, monarchies, royaumes et états du monde. R. de Hooghe C.R et J.U.D. inv. f. etc.

Creator/production credits

Published in the year of de Hooghe's death and presumably one of his last works

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2535480i

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