Author: Pieter Nolpe (c. 1613-ca. 1653), after Claes Moeyaert (1591-1669)
Title: [Antique history print, etching] Amsterdam receives the imperial crown from Emperor Maximilian, published 1639.
Description: Emperor Maximilian grants the maiden of Amsterdam the imperial crown on her coat of arms.Signed 'CL. M. Inv.'; numbered '8' in lower margin.Etching after an image from the triumphal arch for Maria de' Medici's entry into Amsterdam, 1638.Used in: Caspar Barlaeus, Blyde inkomst der allerdoorluchtighste koninginne, Maria de Medicis t' Amsterdam. t' Amsterdam: By Iohan en Cornelis Blaeu, 1639. Etching on paper, broad margins; platemark: 293 x 385 mm.; total: 374 x 442 mm.; watermark: Strasburg lily in crowned coat of arms; traces of previous mounting on verso, smudges and small tears in the margins. Muller 1793-8, Hollstein 98.

Keywords: Allegories|Amsterdam|Eighty Years' War|Historical prints|Monarchs