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Allegorical representation of geography
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Allegorical representation of geography

Jan van Vianen · 1704 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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A seated figure with various measuring instruments at a globe, surrounded by two allegorical figures with a painter's palette and a lyre and an angel with a book. In the foreground personified rivers or seas and in the air Fame blowing a trumpet, near nine portraits in medallions.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printmeasuring-instrumentsFameglobe
Credit lineAllegorische voorstelling op de geografie. 1704. Jan van Vianen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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