Parlament haer Testement: Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector (1599-1658) (after Casper Casteleyn)
Cornelis Visscher (1628/9 - Amsterdam 1658)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1653 - 1658
Materials
Paper, Wood
Measurements
254 x 199 mm
Order this imageCollection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 452724
Summary
Print, engraving, Parlament haer Testement: Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector (1599-1658) (after Casper Casteleyn) by Cornelis Visscher (1628/9 - Amsterdam 1658). Portrait of Oliver Cromwell, half-length, holding baton, in an oval surrounded by female personifications; Deceit at left holding a mask and with snake hair with a banderol nearby; Riches at right wearing a crown and sceptre on her lap; Charity surmounting the portrait, with a bishop’s mitre and coins and dangling a crown; a group of standing male figures in top left labelled "t' onwctigh Parlement" and beneath them "Segh wat'ie wilt en doet wat'ie kunt."
Full description
The print includes a number of lines and verse in Dutch. Charity figure is saying "Ich hef aerd Hohe Schatten en Ryckdom". To the left of her are a fleet of ships with caption "Hebben is Hebben / Krygen is de kuinst." Deceit figure is saying "k' Gheloof dat alle dinghen de Rycken defer weerelt vryflaen." Riches figure is saying "Ich hoop op een Conincklyke kroon en Scepter." Around Cromwell is a border "OLIUIER CROMWELL IUYTENANT GENERAEL VAN DE ARMEE VANT PARLEMENT VAN ENGLAND." Under Cromwell is a cartouche with six lines of verse in Dutch. "Ick sta naer Kroon en stat, na Kroon en Scepter Slope'/ en zoeck de grootste macht te dempen van Europe/ de Ryckdom zit aen d'een t'Bedrog an d'andar zy/ myn hulp in moort en roof en wrede dwinglandy,/ en't zal noch hooger gaen, t'Spyt Koning prince of Heeren/ al zou 't driekroonde Ryk het onderst boven keeren" . Beneath to the right "ziet dat ie gaau zyt." and left “Clemendt de Ionghe Execudit"
Makers and roles
Cornelis Visscher (1628/9 - Amsterdam 1658), engraver (printmaker) Casper Casteleyn (c.1625 - 1661/81), artist