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View of the Column of Igel

anonymous · 1652 · letterpress printing; etching; engraving; paper

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

About this work

View of the Column of Igel. Scene on the column with a man and a woman, long mistaken for the wedding of the parents of Constantine the Great. This misinterpretation ensured the column received ecclesiastical protection and was never demolished. With Dutch text on verso.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

print column (marking grave)monument, statue Igel Igeler Säule

Credit lineGezicht op de Zuil van Igel. 1652. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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