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Brown wash drawing of an allegorical title page: seated woman, armored man, winged figure above a monument, reclining figures, and lettered text below.

Design for Title Page of the Groot Placaatboek: Allegory of the Submission of the City of Utrecht to Emperor Charles V

A brown and gray wash drawing shows a seated female figure beside a helmeted armored man, with a winged figure above a classical monument and reclining figures below. Lettered inscription lines run across the lower margin, framing the scene.

Artist
Jan Wandelaar
Date
c. 1729
Medium
Pen and black ink, with brush and brown and gray wash, heightened with touches of lead white (partly discolored), over traces of graphite, o
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2698 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1734).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Español: Diseño para portada del Groot Placaatboek: alegoría de la sumisión de Utrecht a Carlos V

Un dibujo en aguada marrón y gris muestra una figura femenina sentada junto a un hombre armado con casco, con una figura alada sobre un monumento clásico y figuras reclinadas abajo. Líneas de texto escrito recorren el margen inferior.

Português: Projeto para página de rosto do Groot Placaatboek: alegoria da submissão de Utrecht a Carlos V

Um desenho em aguada marrom e cinza mostra uma figura feminina sentada ao lado de um homem armado com capacete, com uma figura alada sobre um monumento clássico e figuras reclinadas embaixo. Linhas de texto escrito percorrem a margem inferior.

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