Allegory of America, from the Four Continents 1580-1600 Adriaen Collaert Netherlandish This late sixteenth-century engraving made in Antwerp became an emblematic image of the New World. Series representing the "four continents" were a popular conceit during the European age of exploration, when atlases were in high demand. New World themes from other printscannibalism, conquest, and a female nativerepeat here. Vos’s allegorical figure wears an elaborate feather headdress with a bow and arrow and sits on a giant armadillo, with a parrot nearby. While not the first representation of a feather headdress in New World prints, this may have been one of the most influential.. Allegory of America, from the Four Continents. Adriaen Collaert (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1560-1618 Antwerp). 1580-1600. Engraving; second state. Prints
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