Coat of Arms of Haarlem, end page to Counts and Countesses of Holland, Zeeland and West-Frisia

Prints and Drawings

1650

Cornelis Visscher
Dutch, c. 1629-1658

In this emblematic portrait of Haarlem, the view of the city in the background suggests the richness that has already graced the landscape. The palm, sword, stars, and crosses with which the cherubim cavort symbolize the city, and the requisite Latin poem by Peter Scriverius (himself depicted in 1923.1038) reinforces the fair citadel’s virtue and promise.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Cornelis Visscher
Title: Coat of Arms of Haarlem, end page to Counts and Countesses of Holland, Zeeland and West-Frisia
Place: Holland (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1650
Medium: Etching and engraving on ivory laid paper
Inscriptions: Inscribed recto, in image (on banderole in palm): "VICIT VIM VIRTVS."
Dimensions: Sheet; trimmed: 40.7 × 29.6 cm (16 1/16 × 11 11/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Horace S. Oakley
Reference Number: 1923.1622
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Hollstein 116 ii/ii

Wussin 97

Duthuit 185

Smith 185

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