Utrecht, Water, Willem van de, Goeree, Jan, Amsterdam, Bestiering der tonge, Title page for Richard Allestree, Redeneering over de bestiering van de tong, 1714, Allegory on speech, In the middle the seated personification of Speech, dressed in a dress with the alphabet and two ears. In her lap a skull. A putto stands next to her and puts a finger to his lips, the sign for silence. Behind him a stone with the title of the book. In the foreground an oval medallion with the portrait of Pythagoras. In the air birds fly. Two of the birds carry a long stick. A turtle has bitten into this stick. On the left against the wall the portraits of Solomon, the apostle James and Erasmus., print, title page, prints, width 84 mm, height, 126 mm, 1670-10-20 - 1731-01-04, print maker, printmaker, 1714 - 1714, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, publisher
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