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Allegorical Representation with Enthroned Liberty
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Allegorical Representation with Enthroned Liberty

Christian Friedrich Fritzsch · 1745 - 1800 · etching; paper

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

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The personification of Liberty, flanked by Mercury and Minerva, thrones under a baldachin. Behind her stand two figures with the liberty cap on a stick and a bundle of arrows, symbols of liberty and unity. In front of the enthroned Liberty stands a row of allegorical figures, who come to greet her. To the right in the foreground Hercules strikes down devilish figures with his club. In the air flies a trumpet-blowing angel near a banner with the text: Cedite. Hydrae. Adstat. Protector Moeniû Matrim. On a hill in the distance stands a temple with portrait busts.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineAllegorische voorstelling met tronende Vrijheid. 1745 - 1800. Christian Friedrich Fritzsch. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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