Horizontal rectangle. From left to right: a youth standing with one leg upon a dog (?). He holds a snake with his right hand, leaning with his left hand upon a standing looking glass. A girl leans against a column, carrying in her right hand a key and in her left one a palm branch. A laurel wreath around her head. A youth with a winged helmet, carrying the caduceus in his left hand and a lyre in his right one. Cupid, leaning with his right arm upon something unidentified, covers his face with a mask. The lowered left hand carries the quiver. Caption written in ink, at left: “immitatio sapiens” (the ink changes to the one first used in 1916-9-1) naervolginge der wysheyt fidelis constantia/ getroniae stantvaftigheyt elocuentia/welsprekentheyt al seen harfs soet luydende/amor simulat/veynseude liefde – foes claudius de cock/ inv. Del: antv: 1726. ”. Date: 1726. Dimensions: 20.9 × 32.9 cm (8 1/4 × 12 15/16 in.). Medium: black crayon, ink, pen, watercolor on paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Projects for statues- "Wisdom." "Constancy." "Eloquence." "Cupid Disguised.", 1726 (CH 18188949)
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