Triptych: Allegory of Art Training, Triptych with an allegory of art education. A delivery room on the center panel, a mother is breastfeeding her child. She is seated at a table, the cradle and a basket in front of her on the floor. From the ceiling hangs a chandelier, on the wall the stuffed head of a deer. In the background a dentist. The delivery room symbolizes nature. The left side panel shows an evening school where writing is learned by the light of candles and a lantern. The school symbolizes education. On the right side panel, a scholar cuts a pen in the light of the candle in his
Triptych: Allegory of Art Training, Triptych with an allegory of art education. A delivery room on the center panel, a mother is breastfeeding her child. She is seated at a table, the cradle and a basket in front of her on the floor. From the ceiling hangs a chandelier, on the wall the stuffed head of a deer. In the background a dentist. The delivery room symbolizes nature. The left side panel shows an evening school where writing is learned by the light of candles and a lantern. The school symbolizes education. On the right side panel, a scholar cuts a pen in the light of the candle in his office. The pen cutter symbolizes practice. candle, sharpening pen (quill), studying at night, Willem Joseph Laquy, c. 1770, oil paint (paint), panel, painting, h 80 cm × w 36 cm d cm
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