Title page for Pieter Le Clercq, History of the United Netherlands, 1753

Allegorical title print for Pieter Le Clercq, Geschiedenissen der Vereenigde Nederlanden, 1753. Stadtholder William IV seated on a throne receives the government from the Dutch Maiden. In the clouds, Peace and Fame blowing a trumpet with the banner Historia Belgii; in the foreground, right, cherubs referring to the Windhandel of 1720. In the background, Minerva and Mercury mourning at the tomb of the prince who died in 1751. In the legend of eight lines, an explanation of the representation.