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Historical and Allegorical Representation of the Garden of Governor Count Maurice of Orange for the Seven Provinces
Allegory on the Deceitfulness of Spain and the Liberty and Prosperity of the Dutch Republic
Historical and Allegorical Representation of the Garden of Governor Count Maurice of Orange for the Seven Provinces
Willem Pietersz Buytewech (Dutch, about 1591–1624)
Dutch
about 1615
Medium/Technique
Etching, engraving, and drypoint
Dimensions
Platmemark: 14.5 x 18.4 cm (5 11/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession Number1996.64
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Van Gelder 17, i/ii; V.d.K. 8, F. M. 1304; Holl. 15: i/ii; Haverkamp-Begemann 17 i/ii; C. S. Ackley, Printmaking in the Age of Rembrandt, No. 53.
Signed
signed
Marks
PDP Watermark Type: Fragment of a pot with the letter M
InscriptionsMonogram in plate, lower left; in plate at top: Merckt de Wysheyt vermaert / vant Hollantsche huyshouwen / en siet des luypaerts aert / die niet is te vertrouwen.
In plate C: Vitoria
In plate C: de butavis...heerschapi
In plate C: hollandia
In plate C: vrindt des vaderland
In plate C: vereenicht geemeent
In plate C: prevelegie
In plate C: macht
In plate C: reden
In plate C: Orange
In plate LL: Trouwicheyt
In plate LL: WB
Later inscriptions or marks: Verso UR in graphite: Buyteweyk [?]
Verso LR in graphite: M 1304
Verso LR in graphite pencil: DWK
In plate C: Vitoria
In plate C: de butavis...heerschapi
In plate C: hollandia
In plate C: vrindt des vaderland
In plate C: vereenicht geemeent
In plate C: prevelegie
In plate C: macht
In plate C: reden
In plate C: Orange
In plate LL: Trouwicheyt
In plate LL: WB
Later inscriptions or marks: Verso UR in graphite: Buyteweyk [?]
Verso LR in graphite: M 1304
Verso LR in graphite pencil: DWK
ProvenanceDavid W. Kiehl, New York: by 1996, Hill-Stone, Inc.; 1996, sold by Hill-Stone to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 27, 1996)