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Interior of a library with the portraits of Willem Sewel and Egbert Buys on a monument
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Interior of a library with the portraits of Willem Sewel and Egbert Buys on a monument

Jan Caspar Philips · 1766 · etching; engraving; paper

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Interior of a library with on a monument the portraits of the author and translator of the book: Willem Sewel and Egbert Buys. In front of the monument two women symbolizing the birth countries of the men, with respectively the English Unicorn and the Dutch Lion. On the right a man at a desk with the title in Dutch and a beehive, as a symbol of eloquence. He is in conversation with a woman holding a winged hand on a staff. On the left in the foreground putti studying the alphabet.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineInterieur van bibliotheek waarin de portretten van Willem Sewel en Egbert Buys op een monument. 1766. Jan Caspar Philips. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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