Caption
View of Breda from the northwest (right sheet), print, The personification of abundance sits next to a cartouche. On her lap lies a horn of plenty. In her left hand she holds a laurel branch and an oak branch(?). Beside and behind her lie weapons and parts of armor. In the distance a view of the city of Breda with the tower of the Grote Kerk on the left., printmaker: Abraham Dircksz. Santvoort, Netherlands, 1645, paper, etching, height 208 mm, width 332 mm, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, weapons, Abundance, 'Abondanza', 'Abondanza maritima' (Ripa), military clothing and other equipment (uniforms, cap, armor, helmet, etc.), Breda, Grote Kerk (Breda), A wide engraved landscape showing a distant fortified town with walls, towers, and spires rising above rows of trees, flanked by windmills near the horizon and small sailing boats on a river in front of the town; in the foreground a reclining partially draped female figure holds fruit and foliage beside a pile of military objects including a cannon wheel, cannon, helmets, shields, spears, and draped fabrics, with gentle clouded sky overhead.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B11_280
License type
Rights managed
Available size
52.2Mb (7.4Mb) / 17.9in x 11.3in / 5363 x 3402 (300dpi)