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Frame with Minerva and Mercury
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Label of the textile factory of Abraham van Wylick. Frame with an empty panel crowned with two coats of arms. On the left stands Minerva looking up at a putto holding a woven drapery and a putto with a scale in his hands. On the right stands Mercury, at his feet a rooster (roosters pull his chariot). On the left in the background a putto flies with a ball of yarn in his arms.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineOmlijsting met Minerva en Mercurius. 1732. Jan Wandelaar. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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