Allegorical Artworks

Decorative imagery combining allegorical themes with historical significance, showcasing symbolic representations of freedom, knowledge, and culture.

Bleyswijck, François van, Leiden, Lyk - en grafdichten, Title page for funerary poems with mourning figures, verso - stamped, Ornamental title page for lamentary and funerary poems. At the top center a skull. On the left a man with an extinguished torch, on the right a mourning woman with a book in her hand. The ornament is crowned with a coffin. At the bottom winged hourglasses and bones., print, engraving, ornament print, title page, prints, engravings, ornament prints, height 144 mm, width 111 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1671-05-24 - 1746-10-15, print maker, printmaker, 1706 - 1746, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by
Bleyswijck, François van, Leiden, Lyk - en grafdichten, Title page for funerary poems with mourning figures, verso - stamped, Ornamental title page for lamentary and funerary poems. At the top center a skull. On the left a man with an extinguished torch, on the right a mourning woman with a book in her hand. The ornament is crowned with a coffin. At the bottom winged hourglasses and bones., print, engraving, ornament print, title page, prints, engravings, ornament prints, height 144 mm, width 111 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1671-05-24 - 1746-10-15, print maker, printmaker, 1706 - 1746, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by