A muse with lyre and putti carry a portrait of surgeon and poet Govard (Govert) Bidloo. Various attributes refer to the transience of life such as a scythe and a snake biting its own tail. A tomb is visible in the background. Muse and putti carry portrait of surgeon and poet Govard Bidloo G. Bidloo's poetics Title page for: Govard Bidloo, Mengel pozy, 1719, print maker: François van Bleyswijck, (mentioned on object), Frans van Mieris, (mentioned on object), publisher: Johan Arnold Langerak, Leiden, 1719, paper, engraving, etching, h 185 mm × w 139 mm

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