VEEN, Otto van
(b. 1556, Leiden, d. 1629, Bruxelles)

Lycurgus Demonstrares the Importance of Education

1607
Engraving
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This print appeared in the emblem book 'Emblemata Horatiana', conceived as a mirror for princes. The best known edition was published in 1646, with the Lycurgus emblem as a frontispiece. The book was dedicated by van Veen to the queen mother of France expressing the hope that it would be useful for the education of the young Louis XIV.