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Allegorical representation with the portraits of Willem Sewel and Egbert Buys
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
In a study stands an obelisk with the portraits of Willem Sewel and Egbert Buys. In front of the obelisk, a woman with a unicorn as an allegory of England and the Dutch Maiden with a lion and the liberty cap on a spear. On the right, a man behind his writing desk; on the left, three putti, one with an ABC.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineAllegorische voorstelling met de portretten van Willem Sewel en Egbert Buys. 1766. Caspar Jacobsz. Philips. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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