The wiskonstenaars or the fugitive little miss, Pieter Tanjé, after Cornelis Troost, 1752 - 1761, The doctors Raasbollius and Urinaal argue in the inn at Loenen about the course of the planets, while Eelhart looks on seated at the table. Above the door hang the portraits of Copernicus and Ptolemy. Through the door, a woman with candle in hand enters the room. Scene from the nineteenth play of The Mathematicians, or 't Gevluchte juffertje by Pieter Langendijk. Below in the margin the coat of arms of Jan Jacob de Bruyn, who had the original painting in his collection., print maker: Pieter Tanjé

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