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Rombout Hogerbeets as Miltiades
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Rombout Hogerbeets as Miltiades

Cornelis de Jonker · 1791 · etching; stippelets; paper

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

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Glass pane with a scene from the history of Miltiades, crowned with a bust of Rombout Hogerbeets, 1627. Miltiades is imprisoned after years of faithful service. On either side Pallas and Mercury, further decorated with vines, weapons and putti. Below the central scene a verse of six lines. Part of a series of three allegorical glass panes in memory of the imprisonment, flight and exile of Hugo de Groot, 1619-1622. Made in 1627 for the house of Abraham Daatselaar, the merchant in Gorcum who helped Hugo de Groot escape.

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Credit lineRombout Hogerbeets als Miltiades. 1791. Cornelis de Jonker. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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