HOOGHE ROMEYN de Allegorical broadside

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HOOGHE, ROMEYN de. Allegorical broadside. Fine large-scale etching depicting Archduke Charles of Austria as Charles III of Spain, Holy Roman Emperor. 22 3/4x19 1/4 inches sheet size, narrow margins; horizontal printer's crease at center, minor closed edge tears and areas of paper thinning but still a dark, crisp impression and generally very nice. Amsterdam: Nicolas Visscher, 1704

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In this adaptation of an earlier allegory of Charles II, we see the Archduke arming himself with the sword and shield of Minerva and presented as the heir to the Spanish monarchy. The ruler is surrounded by allegorical gods and figures of Asia, Africa and America bestowing their domestic riches upon him. To his right is a globe positioned to display the Americas, on which a banner is draped reading "Alter Erit Nunc Tiphys" (One Will Now Arise). Each figure is numbered to correspond with a separately printed letterpress table (not present here, but seen complete in an example at the Rijksmuseum).