Allegory of the Art of Writing, Title page for: , De Amsterdamsche staatkundige, vermaakelyke en judgementkundige snapper, 1745, The personification of the Art of Writing sits with a book on her lap and points with a quill at a shield with the image of Father Time holding up a cloth, revealing the Naked Truth. To the right of the Writing, a putto raises his mace to a demonic figure. In the sky, Fama blows a trumpet, she holds a laurel wreath., print maker: Simon Fokke, (mentioned on object), after drawing by: Simon Fokke, (mentioned on object), publisher: Jacobus Rijckhoff (II), Amsterdam,


Allegory of the Art of Writing, Title page for: , De Amsterdamsche staatkundige, vermaakelyke en judgementkundige snapper, 1745, The personification of the Art of Writing sits with a book on her lap and points with a quill at a shield with the image of Father Time holding up a cloth, revealing the Naked Truth. To the right of the Writing, a putto raises his mace to a demonic figure. In the sky, Fama blows a trumpet, she holds a laurel wreath., print maker: Simon Fokke, (mentioned on object), after drawing by: Simon Fokke, (mentioned on object), publisher: Jacobus Rijckhoff (II), Amsterdam, 1745, paper, engraving, etching, height 162 mm × width 116 mm


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