Picart, Bernard, Minerva visits women spinning and weaving, verso - stamped, Minerva visits women spinning wool and weaving cloth. She holds a weaving pattern in her hand and points to women who are looking at the fabric. Above the loom is a spider's web, a reference to Arachne who was turned into a spider by her. In the background are ships that supply the raw materials. The scene is set in an exuberantly decorated cartouche that is crowned by Father Time, the city maiden of Amsterdam and Mercury, the god of trade. Probably a trade label for a weaving mill in Amsterdam., print, trade label, prints, height 228 mm, width 185 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1717 - 1717, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by
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