Allegorical scene with Fortune and Science, In the foreground, on a stone staircase of an ancient palace, lies a sleeping young man. His head rests on a capital. Above him an antique ornamental vase on a pedestal. Fortune hovers above the youth, the wheel of fortune in her left hand, and tosses him gold pieces. To the right of the second plan floats Science, which brings books and a laurel wreath to a man who is immersed in study. Behind the right a fountain. In the bottom margin Latin verse in four lines., print, print maker: Dancker Danckerts, (mentioned on object), after design by: Johannes

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