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Decoration in the Plantage, 1795
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Decoration in the Plantage, 1795

A. Verkerk · 1795 · etching; hand coloring; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Decoration erected in the Plantage in Amsterdam for the Alliance Festival on 19 June 1795. A pyramid on a pedestal with a cartouche featuring an allegorical representation of the destruction of the stadtholdership as a Batavian and a Frenchman felling the Orange tree. Part of a series of ten plates.

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printAmsterdamPlantagebuurtAlliance with France (1785)
Credit lineDecoratie in de Plantage, 1795. 1795. A. Verkerk. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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