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Allegory of Geometry
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Below a map of the world sits Geometry, holding drawing and measuring instruments and a plan. To the rear right a man is drawing a map based on the world map. In the foreground a woman sits with fragments from classical antiquity. Title page for a book by Pomponius Mela, the earliest Roman geographer.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineAllegorie op de meetkunde. 1744. Johannes van der Spyck. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
