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Allegory of Agriculture
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Allegory of Agriculture

Bernard Picart · 1733 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Allegorical title page depicting the book Georgics by the poet Virgil. In the countryside, men and women are devoted to agriculture, tree cultivation, and cattle and bee breeding. In the margin a three-line quotation from Virgil in Latin.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineAllegorie op de landbouw. 1733. Bernard Picart. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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