Allegory on the founding of the Dutch Society of Sciences and Humanities, 1752, In Establishment of the Hollandsche Society of Sciences and Humanities in Haerlem (title on object), Allegory on the founding of the Hollandsche Society of Sciences and Humanities in Haarlem on May 21, 1752. Above Minerva with a portrait of the patron Prince Willem V, in the background a meeting of scientists. Under the sides of a memorial medal with naked Truth with sun on head, holds a palm branch in the left hand and an olive wreath in the right hand; in the background a view of the city of Haarlem on the

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