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Allegorical Representation with Clio
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A young nobleman sits next to Clio, the muse of history. She points with her left hand to a book on the history of Europe. With her other hand, she points to the scene in the background. Fortuna, Love and Death fly above a lively crowd. In the margin, a six-line caption in French.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineAllegorische voorstelling met Clio. 1731. Bernard Picart. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
