Sujet

Allegory of Peace, 1652. Creator: Jan Lievens.

Légende

Allegory of Peace, 1652. Alternative title: Triumph of Peace. Minerva, the goddess of wisdom, crowns Pax, the goddess of peace - allegory alluding to the 1648 Treaty of Münster. The treaty marked the formal recognition of the independent Dutch Republic, and the end of the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War. The figure in chains under the feet of Pax is Mars, the god of war.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23A67_210

Model release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

90,7Mo (3,6Mo) / 46,4cm x 49,0cm / 5482 x 5786 (300dpi)

Mots clés

nature Europe female women woman people child children religious fruit flower flowers plant plants painting politics religion museum Netherlands Dutch color feathers peace pearl feather necklace jewellery jewelry deity God garland garlands armour chain grapes political war grape century helmet pearls cherub cherubs pearl necklace chains concept minerva angelic chained goddess warfare 17th century Mars pax putto oil Painting Colour Treaty Bunch Of Grapes allegory laurel wreath ostrich feather allegorical golden age allegorical figure cherubim crowning political event seventeenth century artistic school putti Rijksmuseum TGN Treaty of Munster Allegory ostrich feathers Goddess of Peace Jan Lievens Jan Lievens de Oude Jan Lievens d'oude Lievens Jan Dutch Golden Age god of war Oil on canvas Treaty of Münster amorini Painting Heritage Art Low Countries laurel crown Jan Andrea Lievens