Poetry looks up to the personified Divine Truth sitting on a cloud. The personification of Moderation points to putti bringing books to poetry. A woman with a flame over her head (symbolising faithfulness) points to a horn of plenty. The depiction is captured in a cartouche decorated with medallions depicting virtues, Allegory with Poetry on a throne Poetry reflections, Title page front: Jan Pieter Broeckhoff, Poetry and meditations, 1770, print maker: Jan Caspar Philips, (mentioned on object), Jan Caspar Philips, (mentioned on object), publisher: Pieter Jan Entrop, (mentioned on object

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