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Design for the Coat of Arms of the Dordrecht Rhetoricians' Chamber De Fonteynisten
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Design for the Coat of Arms of the Dordrecht Rhetoricians' Chamber De Fonteynisten

anonymous · 1547 - 1557 · houtsnede; hand coloring; paper

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

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Design for the blazon for the Dordrecht chamber of rhetoric De Fonteynisten, with the motto: Reyn Gheneucht. Probably the design for the "Caerte" written out in 1552 in Dordrecht for the chamber of rhetoric De Fonteynisten. Personification Retorica sitting in the Dutch garden with the coat of arms of Dordrecht on the fence. Surrounding it the coats of arms and names of the 15 cities that formerly marched to battle under Dordrecht. Left in the border work Memoria, right Eloquentia and at the bottom Musica. The representation cut out and pasted. Bottom left the coat of arms of Dirck van Nuyssenborch, in 1550 master of the Fonteynisten.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineOntwerp voor het blazoen voor de Dordtse rederijkerskamer De Fonteynisten. 1547 - 1557. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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