Allegory of architecture, Joseph Mulder, after Dirck Bosboom, 1729, On an elevation are gathered personifications of architecture. On the left a standing woman holding a column, in the center a seated woman with compass, showing the drawing of a building, and on the right the Geometry with a ruler and an optical measuring instrument. To the right, Prudence (or also Wisdom), with mirror and serpent, sits writing in her book. Amor holds up the inkwell. In the background buildings., print maker: Joseph Mulder, (mentioned on object), Dirck Bosboom, (mentioned on object), publisher: Jacob Graal, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1729, paper, etching, engraving, h 166 mm × w 133 mm
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Allegory, architecture, Joseph Mulder, Dirck Bosboom, 1729, elevation, gathered personifications, architecture, left, standing woman holding, column, center, seated woman, compass, showing, drawing, building, right, Geometry, ruler, optical measuring instrument, right, Prudence, Wisdom, mirror, serpent, sits writing, book, Amor holds up, inkwell, background buildings, print maker, Joseph Mulder, mentioned, object, Dirck Bosboom, mentioned, object, publisher, Jacob Graal, mentioned, object, Amsterdam, 1729, paper, etching, engraving, h 166 mm × w 133 mm
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