Allegorische voorstelling van de trouw

About this artwork

collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Art Historical Context

**Allegorische voorstelling de trouw** (Allegorical Representation of Fidelity created by Dutch artist Frans de Bakker between1756 and 1767, is a delicate etching measuring just 145 mm high by 83 mm wide. This print captures the 18th-century fascination with allegory, a popular artistic device in the Netherlands during the Enlightenment era. Fidelity—often symbolizing marital loyalty, steadfast friendship, or patriotic devotion—was a recurring moral theme in European art, blending symbolic figures, attributes like clasped hands or doves, and classical motifs to convey enduring virtues. Etchin...