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Allegorical representation with Fortuna and Science
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In the foreground, on a stone staircase of an antique palace, lies a sleeping youth. His head rests on a capital. Above him an antique ornamental vase on a pedestal. Fortuna floats above the youth, the wheel of fortune in her left hand, and throws him coins. To the right in the middle distance floats Science, who brings books and a laurel wreath to a man, who is engrossed in study. To the rear right a fountain. In the lower margin Latin verse in four lines.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineAllegorische voorstelling met Fortuna en Wetenschap. 1650 - 1666. Dancker Danckerts. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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