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Dialectic
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Dialectic

Johann Sadeler (I) · 1560 - 1600 · engraving; paper

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

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The personification of Dialectic sits on a chair. She counts her arguments with her fingers. An eel is coiled around her arm. On her head a magpie, on the ground two frogs. Next to dialectic a stack of books by important thinkers. In the background a philosopher under a tree. The print has a Latin inscription about dialectic and is part of a seven-part series on the seven liberal arts.

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Credit lineDialectica. 1560 - 1600. Johann Sadeler (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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