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Original fileThe Three Graces: Riches, 1713
De 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
About This Work
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.