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Hercules consulting with Mars and Minerva
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Hercules consulting with Mars and Minerva

Pieter Nolpe · 1638 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Tableau vivant. Henry IV, dressed as Hercules, consults with Mars and Minerva on how to reunite France. Mercury points to the gods in the clouds. Justice is still trapped under the globe of the split French Empire and is assisted by Peace. Representation used in the water theatre on the Rokin. Numbered in the lower right: 11. Plate 11 of the illustrations for the description of the festivities surrounding the visit of Maria de' Medici to Amsterdam from 31 August to 5 September 1638.

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printboekillustratieMaria de' Medici'tableau vivant'
Credit lineHercules overlegt met Mars en Minerva. 1638. Pieter Nolpe. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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