Heroic Allegories and Poetry

This collection features allegorical depictions of poetry, memory, and knowledge in dramatic historical settings, with figures symbolizing virtues and vices, intricate details, and classical themes.

Northern Netherlands, Walker, Jan, Poetry tramples snakes and a mask, verso lower left - stamped, Poetry in a landscape tramples snakes and a mask. She is accompanied by three putti, one of whom is leaning on the coat of arms of the city of Amsterdam. Behind her Knowledge (Cognitio) who holds a torch and an empty frame and Fame (Fama) blowing the trumpet. Under the frame lies Envy (Invidia). On the right in the background Pegasus at the Castalia spring., print, prints, height 157 mm, width 105 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1690-04-14 - 1759-03-26, print maker, printmaker, 1702 - 1759, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)
Northern Netherlands, Walker, Jan, Poetry tramples snakes and a mask, verso lower left - stamped, Poetry in a landscape tramples snakes and a mask. She is accompanied by three putti, one of whom is leaning on the coat of arms of the city of Amsterdam. Behind her Knowledge (Cognitio) who holds a torch and an empty frame and Fame (Fama) blowing the trumpet. Under the frame lies Envy (Invidia). On the right in the background Pegasus at the Castalia spring., print, prints, height 157 mm, width 105 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1690-04-14 - 1759-03-26, print maker, printmaker, 1702 - 1759, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)