Allegorie op de inhuldiging van Frederik Willem II, koning van Pruisen, te Königsberg, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1787 etching, h 285mm × w 525mm More details
Identification Title(s) Allegorie op de inhuldiging van Frederik Willem II, koning van Pruisen, te Königsberg Object type print Object number RP-P-1992-3 Catalogue reference Bauer 1277 Engelmann 574 Inscriptions / marks collector's mark: Lugt 2228 date
Creation Artist print maker: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (mentioned on object) after own design by: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (mentioned on object) Place Berlin Dating 1787
Explanatory note Prent in waaiervorm. Tweede prent in deze vorm, mogelijk de achterzijde, is tevens in het bezit van het RMA.
Subject What chest, bust Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa) (+ abstract concept represented by female figure) crowning the victor with laurel 'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty caduceus (staff with two snakes, attribute of Mercury) heart symbolism dog (with NAME of kind) garland, wreath cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti' lyre, cithara, psaltery archer's weapons: arrow sphinx (lion/woman); 'Sfinge' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Sirens (classical mythology) curtains letter combinations such as letterword, anagram, letter square, monogram, etc. the all-seeing eye, triangle with eye ~ symbol of God the Father (+ variant) Who Frederik Willem II (koning van Pruisen)
Documentation Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Danzig 1726 - 1801 Berlin) : Erklärungen und Erläuterungen zu seinen Radierungen, p. 184, cat.nr. 1277 Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Danzig 1726-1801 Berlin) : das druckgraphischen Werk : die Sammlung Wilhelm Burggraf zu Dohna-Schlobitten, p. 129, cat.nr. 1277 Daniel Chodowiecki's sämmtliche Kupferstiche : beschrieben, mit historischen, literarischen und bibliographischen Nachweisungen, p. 303-304, cat.nr. 574 Keuze uit de aanwinsten : [1992-4], p. 413, afb. 37
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