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Allegorical title page with the personification of France / Louis XIII and his mistress Marie de Hautefort
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Untrimmed sheet with two prints. Left: the female personification of France is accompanied by Venus. She has turned away from Mars, who is sitting mournfully in the background. Above them flies Amor. In the foreground, putti symbolizing the consequences of licentious love: Envy, Greed, Treachery, Unfaithfulness, and Death. In the margin, a four-line inscription in French. Right: Louis XIII, King of France, and his mistress Marie de Hautefort. They are standing by a fireplace in the bedroom. In the margin, a three-line inscription in French.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineAllegorische titelpagina met de personificatie van Frankrijk / Lodewijk XIII en zijn maîtresse Marie de Hautefort. 1731. Bernard Picart. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
