Sol
e
per
questo
il
mondo
in
armi
e
in
fuoco
Frenchman and Spaniard Tearing Apart the Globe of the World
Sol e per questo il mondo in armi e in fuoco.
Author/Artist: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli
Date: 1692
Description: Etching; 154 x 203 mm.
Language: Italian
Repository: © The Trustees of the British Museum
Tags: 17th-century, France, Italian, politics, Spain
Satirical rebus with a Frenchman and Spaniard tearing apart the globe of the world. Lettered with title as a rebus below, and signed in the globe ‘1692 Mitelli I F’.