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Allegory on Willem V as Protector of the Leiden Academy, 1775
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Allegorical vignette with Stadtholder William V as patron of the university, on the occasion of the Second Centenary of the founding of the University of Leiden on 8 February 1775. The city maiden of Leiden accompanies the prince to Minerva at a colonnade on the Burcht. On the left, the river god of the Rhine; on the right, a trophy of arms; in the foreground, children with books.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineAllegorie op Willem V als beschermheer van de Leidse Academie, 1775. 1775. Reinier Vinkeles (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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