Allegory of the elevation of Willem IV, Prince of Orange-Nassau, to hereditary stadtholder

Allegory on the elevation of Willem IV to hereditary stadtholder, 1747. He sits on a throne and receives the state government from the Dutch Maiden. In the clouds, Peace and Fame blowing a trumpet with the banner Historia Belgii. In the foreground, putti referring to the Windhandel of 1720. In the background, Minerva and Mercury mourn at the tomb of the prince who died in 1751. In the lower margin, an eight-line Dutch text.