Title print with allegorical edge frame and calligraphed title, Jacob Matham, 1605 Canvas Print
Title print with an allegorical edge frame and a calligraphic title. On the left side of the title is Mecurius. On the right the goddess of writing with in her hands a goose pen and a roll of paper. In the middle of a round shield with the motto as a border shield: Vive la Plume. Inside it a crown with two crossed goose pens. Next to this shield two writing older bearded men: on the left Pisistratus, king of Athens, and on the right the Greek sage Anaxagorus. In addition, two putti write attributes and a lamp provide. In the shield in the middle under an oak wreath and a pen above a hand pointing to an ear. To the left of it, two putti pins pull out of the wing of a goose. On the right a putto with ruler, compass and triangle. The right side and bottom of the print are damaged. As a result, the image of a putto on the bottom right missing that cuts a quiver into a pen on a stone block with a pen knife, and the signatures of the printmaker and the inventor. The print is part of an album.
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