Title print with an allegorical border and calligraphed title
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Title page with an allegorical border and a calligraphed title. On the left side of the title stands Mercury. On the right, the goddess of the art of writing, holding a goose quill and a roll of paper in her hands. In the middle above, a round shield with the motto around the edge: Vive la Plume. Inside, a crown with two crossed goose quills. Next to this shield, two writing older bearded men: on the left Pisistratus, king of Athens, and on the right the Greek philosopher Anaxagorus. Next to them, two putti hand over writing attributes and a lamp. In the shield in the middle below, an oak wreath and a pen above a hand pointing to an ear. To the left of that, two putti pull quills from the wing of a goose. On the right, a putto with a ruler, compass, and triangle, and a putto who cuts a goose feather into a pen on a stone block with a pen knife. The print is part of an album.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description