Mercury and the Art of Writing

Title print 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 with a goose quill and a roll of paper in her hands. In the middle above a round shield with the motto as border shield: Vive la Plume. Inside a crown with two crossed goose quills. Next to this shield two writing older bearded men: left Pisistratus, king of Athens, and right the Greek philosopher Anaxagorus. Next to them two putti hand over writing attributes and a lamp. In the shield 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. Right a putto with ruler, compass and triangle and a putto who on a stone block with penknife cuts a goose feather into a pen. The print is part of an album. Subject categories within the Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: Fine arts, Penmanship.