Picart, Bernard, Amsterdam, Minerva visits women who spin and weave, verso lower left - stamped, Minerva visits women who spin wool and weave cloth. She holds a weaving pattern in her hand and points to women who are looking at the cloth. Above the loom is a spider's web, as a reference to Arachne who was transformed into a spider by her. In the background is a view of the sea. The representation is set in an exuberantly decorated cartouche that is crowned by Father Time, the personification of Shipping (with a miniature sailing ship) and Mercury. At the bottom a four-line poem in French., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 227 mm, width 184 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1717 - 1717, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, graveren (drukprocedé), intermediary draughtsman
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