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 of

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Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
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