Allegory of the decay of appreciation for the arts and sciences. A horde asses destroyed the attributes of the liberal arts in an art room. A donkey rips with his beak a drawing in half. Another one bites a recorder, a third trampled a globe. Right To wash the personifications of the liberal arts and a poet donkey ears. From the main entrance two winged asses get the room flew inside, print maker: Isaac Duchemin (mentioned on object), Dating 1612
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