Caption
Mechanica, La Mechanique, Le Cabinet des Beaux Arts, De Schatkamer der Vrye Konsten, print, album page, Ceiling piece with the personification of Mechanica. She sits with a ruler in her hand amidst constructions and building activities. Next to her, a putto is working on the mechanism of a clock. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Pieter Sluyter, Amsterdam, after print by Louis Simonneau, after painting by Jean Baptiste Jouvenet, publisher: Pieter Schenk (I), grantor of privilege: States of Holland and West Friesland, 1693, Louis Simonneau, after print by, paper, etching, engraving, height 170 mm x width 263 mm, (decorated) ceiling, 'Mecanica' (RIPA), An oval engraving shows a seated woman in draped clothing holding a framed object, surrounded by three cherubic children; one child nearby is kneeling and turning a circular mechanism on a decorative box, another child stands at a workbench handling a long pole, and a third child sits behind the woman working at a loom-like device. The scene includes open books and scattered papers at the woman's feet, a carved chair with scroll arms, a detailed architectural background with rows of columns and scaffolding, and a landscaped area with trees and distant rocky formations. The image is rendered in fine line work and hatching within an oval border.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A75_037
License type
Rights managed
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40.9Mb (10.8Mb) / 15.1in x 10.5in / 4522 x 3159 (300dpi)