Glorification of Commerce and Science, Glorification of Trade and Science. Landscape with a ruin near a city on the coast. In the middle three children are busy reading and writing, in front of them are piles of books and geometric instruments on the floor. On the left, two foxes are lurking at a group of monkeys that deal with alchemy. In the workspace on the left, a group of scientists bend around a table with a globe, and against the wall is a bookcase. A clock hangs from a column at the entrance. On the right in the foreground are two monkeys near a group of objects that refer to fun and entertainment: musical instruments, playing cards, glasses with wine, a trapping game, masks, swords, a music book and the torso of an image. In the background dancing comedians and audience gathered for a play performed outside a village. Mercury's triumphal car drives through the air, pulled by four roosters. All kinds of birds fly there, including a parrot and a cockatoo. From the wagon a monkey scatters musical instruments, dice, cards etc, triumph or Mercury, 'Carro di Mercurio' (Ripa), Mercury and his children ('Planetenkinder'), monkeys, apes, animals acting as human beings, education, writing and letters, reading, science and technology, anonymous, Southern Netherlands, 1625 - 1649, canvas, oil paint (paint), painting, h 70 cm × w 92 cm

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