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Original fileDe drie Vredebevalligheden De Rijkdom, 1713 IIde Vrede Bevalligheid Le IId. Charme de la Paix (titel op object) Platen over de Vrede van Utrecht van 1713 't Lusthof van Momus (serietitel)
after Hendrick Goltzius
An allegorical woman representing Prosperity is depicted as a crowned figure looking toward the horizon. She holds a scepter in one hand and a string of pearls in the other, while a peacock—a traditional attribute of Juno and wealth—stands behind her. In the distance, a celestial chariot pulled by peacocks traverses the clouds, while a small pastoral scene of cattle and figures appears at the very bottom of the composition.
This print is part of a series celebrating the Peace of Utrecht (1713), recontextualizing a classicizing design by Hendrick Goltzius to argue that economic prosperity is both a cause and a result of civil peace. In the Western tradition, such personifications draw from Cesare Ripa’s Iconologia, linking material wealth to the divine order and the 'charms' of a stable society.
IIde VREDE BEVALLIGHEID Le IId. CHARME de la PAIX De Rykdom kan de Vrede kopen, Veel zachter als het Krygs geweld Kan Vrundschap binden en ontknoopen Maakt van een Mars een Vredeheld De Vree zal ons tot aam-togt geven En rykdom doen door vlyt herleven. RYKDOM RICHESSE Richesse souvant Paix achete Plus commode que fer sanglant Elle fait Alliance et l'arrete Et change en traitre un conquerant La Paix pourtant soulage peut rendre Et trafic et richesse étendre. HG
Translation
THE 2nd. CHARM OF PEACE The 2nd. CHARM of PEACE Riches can purchase Peace, Much gentler than the violence of War It can bind and untie Friendship Turns a Mars into a Hero of Peace Peace shall give us breath to draw And make riches revive through industry. RICHES RICHESSE Riches often purchase Peace More convenient than bloody iron It makes Alliance and settles it And turns a conqueror into a traitor Peace however can bring relief And expand both trade and riches.
Cesare Ripa
Ripa's Iconologia provides the standard iconographic template for personifying 'Opulence' and 'Wealth' with crowns, jewelry, and peacocks.
Justus Lipsius
Lipsius’s Neo-Stoic philosophy, influential in Goltzius’s Haarlem, emphasizes the necessity of civil peace for the flourishing of human society and wealth.
Object
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Engraving
allegory
Digital Source
Wikimedia Commons · CC0
http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.471256
Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedication
4602 × 6094 px
879c75d1d4b7a80c3dc64cf67dc7e200f6cf4c92
January 16, 2020
March 23, 2026
Linked Data
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