New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome and Firefox. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to ChromeAdd to Firefox

Engraved allegorical print with classical figures, a central compass over a star diagram, and Latin mottoes on banners.

Download free HD

Standard HD

1,702 × 2,500 px · JPG

This file is 2,500 pixels on the long side, with no account and no watermark. The page also names the museum that holds the work and gives its medium.

Download

Master Pro

3,129 × 4,597 px · full resolution

Get master with Pro
Print sizes ProA5 to 50 × 70 cm · up to 300 dpi
Paper sizeOrientationQualityFile
A5Portrait300 dpiGet with Pro
A4Portrait300 dpiGet with Pro
A3Portrait200+ dpiGet with Pro
A2Portrait150 dpi, acceptableGet with Pro
5 × 7 inPortrait300 dpiGet with Pro
8 × 10 inPortrait300 dpiGet with Pro
11 × 14 inPortrait200+ dpiGet with Pro
16 × 20 inPortrait150 dpi, acceptableGet with Pro
18 × 24 inPortrait150 dpi, acceptableGet with Pro
30 × 40 cmPortrait200+ dpiGet with Pro
50 × 70 cmPortrait150 dpi, acceptableGet with Pro

A print-ready JPG or TIFF in sRGB with the color profile embedded, made from the museum master and never enlarged.

PaletteShow the 4 main colors of this work

Select a color to copy its hex code

All 4 colors in one file, ready to load as swatches in Adobe, Procreate, GIMP or Krita, or as CSS variables.

Palette file

Credit this image

Pro aris et focis (17th ccentury), Michiel le Blon. Via artnap.com

Free to use. A link back is appreciated.

Why is this public domain? Michiel le Blon died in 1656; this work is in the public domain.

About this work

This engraved print, titled Pro aris et focis, shows an allegorical composition with classical figures, including Minerva with a shield and spear at the upper edges, and a central armillary compass over a geometric star diagram. Latin mottoes appear on scrolling banners and a cartouche at the base depicts armed figures in combat. The work is attributed to Michiel Le Blon and is a print in the museum's collection.