Colossus Monarchics Statua Danielis by Lotter.

SEUTTER, MATTHIAS - LOTTER, TOBIAS CONRAD. Colossus Monarchics Statua Danielis. Augsburg (T. C. Lotter) 1789.

Hand-coloured engraved plate depicting the figure of Colossus with a scepter and a sword, surrounded by mythical animals representing monarhcies. Engraved by E. Eichel after A. Scheller. About 575x459 mm. In passepartout.

The figure of Colussus, with sword and scepter, represents Daniel’s interpretation of King Nebuchadenezzar’s dream. He was a powerful Babylonian king who conquered Judea during the sixth century B.C. The plate depicts the four kingdoms as Assyrian, Persian, Greek, and Roman.
Depicting the figure of Colossus with history's great empires on his breast plate, western empires on the right leg and oriental on the left leg. Lotter published a total of four similar plates.