Mathematicians or the fleeing young lady

Professors Raasbollius and Urinaal quarrel in the Loenen inn about the course of the planets, while Eelhart watches from his seat at the table. Hanging above the door are portraits of Copernicus and Ptolemaeus. Through the door, a woman holding a candle enters the room. Scene from the nineteenth act of *The Mathematicians, or the Fled Young Lady* by Pieter Langendijk. In the lower margin, the coat of arms of Jan Jacob de Bruyn, who owned the original painting in his collection. Subject headings within the Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: Theatre, Prints by Cornelis Troost.