In the foreground, on a stone staircase of an ancient palace, lies a sleeping youth. His head rests on a capital. Above him an antique ornamental vase on a pedestal. Fortuna hovers above the youth, the wheel of fortune in her left hand, throwing gold coins at him. To the right on the second plan, Science floats, bringing books and a laurel wreath to a man engrossed in study. To the right a fountain. In lower margin Latin verse in four lines, Allegorical representation with Fortuna and Science, print maker: Dancker Danckerts, (mentioned on object), Johannes Spilberg (II), (mentioned on object

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