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History Receiving Inspiration from Love and Mercury
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History Receiving Inspiration from Love and Mercury

1714 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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History at a writing desk. She looks up at Venus and Amor, as personification of Love. Mercury brings her an envelope. In the background a knight with a lady on horseback riding after a carriage. In the distance a burning church.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineGeschiedenis ontvangt inspiratie van Liefde en Mercurius. 1714. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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