Allegory of America, from "The Four Continents"

Adriaen Collaert Netherlandish

After Maerten de Vos Netherlandish

1580–1600

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Title: Allegory of America, from "The Four Continents"
Series/Portfolio: The Four Continents
Artist: Adriaen Collaert (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1560–1618 Antwerp)
Artist: After Maerten de Vos (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1532–1603 Antwerp)
Date: 1580–1600
Medium: Engraving; first state
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 10 1/8 in. (21 x 25.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Object Number: 49.95.1515
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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