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Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)

Meliboeus published 1654

RCIN 801987

Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)

Meliboeus published 1654

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Description

Foreground: sits shepherd Meliboeus, judge of shepherds, Croydon' and Thyrsis' playing. Shepherds, shepherdesses, sheep and goats stand row. Large tree in centre Plate to Works of Pubilius Virgilius. 1st state
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Creator(s)

Search the collection Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)
(etcher)

After
Search the collection Francis Cleyn (1582-1658)
(designer)

Search the collection Ogilby, John: London
(publisher)
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General Subject Prints
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visual works
prints
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Religion & Theology
Religions and faiths
Religions of antiquity
Classical mythology
Corydon (myth)
Science, Medicine and Technology
Agriculture and related techniques
Animal husbandry
Sheep
Goats

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