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Portrait of Bernard de Fontenelle, with Personifications of the Seven Liberal Arts
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Landscape with the female personifications of the seven liberal arts. Above them fly putti carrying the portrait of the writer Bernard de Fontenelle. In the background a putto on the back of Pegasus. The scene is framed by a border crowned by a cartouche containing the title in French.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit linePortret van Bernard de Fontenelle, met personificaties van de zeven vrije kunsten. 1727. Bernard Picart. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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