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Title page with allegorical border and calligraphic title
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Title page with allegorical border and calligraphic title

Jacob Matham · 1605 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Title print with an allegorical border and a calligraphic title. On the left side of the title stands Mercury. On the right, the goddess of writing with a quill and a roll of paper in her hands. In the center above, a round shield with a border shield bearing the motto: Vive la Plume. Within it, a crown with two crossed quills. Next to this shield, two writing older bearded men: on the left Pisistratus, king of Athens, and on the right the Greek philosopher Anaxagoras. Next to them, two putti hand over writing attributes and a lamp. In the shield in the lower center, 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. On the right, a putto with a ruler, compass, and triangle, and a putto cutting a goose feather into a pen on a stone block with a penknife. The print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineTitelprent met allegorische randlijst en gekalligrafeerde titel. 1605. Jacob Matham. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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