Allegory of Europe, from "Jeu de la Géographie"

An etched print showing a crowned female figure holding a scepter, seated in an ornate chariot pulled by two rearing horses, with a third horse behind. A caption beneath in French describes Europe as the smallest part of the world, set in the north. Fine linear hatching gives the chariot and horses their form.

Look closer: The French caption along the bottom describes Europe's climate and place in the world.

Artist

Stefano della Bella

Date

1644

Medium

Etching, state iii

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2497 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde, 1959