Allegorical show with Urania and Vader Tijd Title page for: C.G. Care carrier, Bloeyende rise of the ancient and contemporary Greenland fish gallery, 1720, Urania, the muse of Astronomy, is crowned with stars, next to a globe and measures circles on a sheet of paper with a compass. Behind her stands Father Time with a scythe in his hands and a winged hourglass on his head. This pair is surrounded by putti. An angel blowing a trumpet is flying with a laurel wreath in her hands. Entirely in the foreground a river god blows on a shell from which water flows. The background on the left shows a coast with sailing ships, on the right three figures kill a bear, Urania (one of the Muses), 'Urania' (Ripa), Father Time, man with wings and scythe, cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti', Fame, 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa), Jacob Folkema (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, paper, engraving, h 182 mm × w 141 mm
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Allegorical, Urania, Vader Tijd Title page, C.G, Care carrier, Bloeyende rise, ancient, contemporary Greenland fish gallery, 1720, muse, Astronomy, crowned, stars, next, globe, measures circles, sheet, paper, compass, stands Father Time, scythe, hands, winged hourglass, head, pair, surrounded, putti, angel blowing, trumpet, flying, laurel wreath, Entirely, foreground, river god blows, shell, water flows, background, left, coast, sailing ships, right three figures kill, bear, Muses, Ripa, Father Time, man, wings, cupids, amores, amoretti, Fame, Fama, Fama buona, Fama chiara, Jacob Folkema, mentioned, object, Amsterdam, engraving
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