Picart, Bernard, Amsterdam, Minerva visits women spinning and weaving, verso lower left - stamped, Minerva visits women spinning wool and weaving cloth. She holds a weaving pattern in her hand and points to women looking at the cloth. Above the loom a spider's web, as a reference to Arachne who was changed into a spider by her. In the background 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 sailing ship in miniature) and Mercury., 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, engraving, graveren (drukprocedé), intermediary draughtsman
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Picart, Bernard, Amsterdam, Minerva visits women spinning, weaving, verso lower, left, - stamped, Minerva visits women, spinning, wool, weaving cloth, holds, weaving pattern, hand, points, women looking, cloth, loom, spider's web, reference, Arachne, was changed, spider, background, view, sea, representation, set, exuberantly, decorated, cartouche, crowned, Father Time, personification, Shipping, sailing ship, miniature, Mercury, 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, engraving, graveren, drukprocedé, intermediary draughtsman
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