An Allegory of the Spanish Tyranny
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Attributed to
Joris Hoefnagel
Flemish (active Antwerp, Belgium, 1542 - 1601, Vienna, Austria) Primary
An Allegory of the Spanish Tyranny
1570
Etching on laid paper
Sheet
16 1/4 in. x 36 in. (41.28 cm x 91.44 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
2005.13.1
Other Number(s):
1983.5 (Previous No.)
Acquisition Date:
1993
Geography:
Europe, Netherlands
Classification:
Fine and Visual Arts; Prints; Etchings
Culture/Nationality:
Netherlandish
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
- allegories - Literary works that employ allegory to express complex abstract ideas, for example works that employ symbolic, fictional figures and actions to express truths or generalizations about human conduct or experience. May be extended to refer to visual works or other creative works that have allegories as subject matter.
- despotism - A government or political system in which absolute power or control is exercised by a single ruler or a tightly knit group of people, often with the connotation of arbitrariness and self-interest.
- etchings - Prints made from an etched printing plate, which is a metal plate on which a design is made by coating the plate with an acid-resistant substance, creating a design in the coating, and then exposing the plate to acid, which etches the plate where the metal is exposed. For designs incised directly into a copper plate using a burin or graver, use "engravings (prints)."
- Netherlandish - Refers in general to cultures that have occupied the same area as the modern nation of the Netherlands in northwestern Europe along the North Sea, as well as the territory extending through medieval Flanders, which is the area of modern Belgium and part of France. For the culture of the modern nation of the Netherlands, prefer "Dutch (culture)," although usage overlaps.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- The Renaissance of Etching The Metropolitan Museum of Art , Oct 23, 2019 – Jan 20, 2020
-
Images of Discord: A Graphic Interpretation of the Opening Decades of the Eighty Years' War
Bryn Mawr College
, Oct 17, 1993 – Jul 17, 1994
- Rotterdam, Atlas Van Stolk 10/17/1993 - 11/14/1993
- Leuven, Universiteitsbibliotheek 12/2/1993 - 1/9/1994
- Philadelphia Museum of Art 2/5/1994 - 4/10/1994
- Bloomington, University of Indiana Museum 6/1/1994 - 7/17/1994
Dimensions
- Sheet Dimensions: 16 1/4 x 36 in. (41.275 x 91.44 cm)
Bibliography List
The following Bibliography exist for this object:
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Catherine Jenkins,
The Renaissance of Etching
The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
New York, NY, 2019
Page Number: 264-265, Figure Number: 128 -
James Tanis, Ph.D.
and Daniel Horst.
Images of Discord
William B. Eerdmans.
Grand Rapids, 1993
Page Number: 56-59, Figure Number: Cat. No.10
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