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Landscape with pyramid / Floating eagle above regalia
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Landscape with pyramid / Floating eagle above regalia

anonymous · 1666 · letterpress printing; engraving; paper

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

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An emblem with two representations. Above, an eagle sits on a globe with a worm or snake in its beak. Below, an eagle flies with the globe. These are devices of Emperor Maximilian II.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printboekillustratiepredatory birds: eagleglobe
Credit lineAdelaar zittend op een wereldbol / Adelaar vliegend met de wereldbol. 1666. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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