Identification title(s): allegory with four women. Title page for: adriaan pietersz. Loosjes, moral stories, 1804-1805. Object type: print title page object number: rp-p-2016-1549. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark; verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: the personifications of religion, virtue and happiness embrace each other. They are illuminated by the truth above them. Truth connects the trio with a garland as a symbol for joy. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: reinier vinkeles (i) (mentioned on object), after a design by: adriaan pietersz. Loosjes (mentioned on object), publisher: adriaan pietersz. Loosjes (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: haarlem. Dating: 1804 and/or 1804 - 1805. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process) / etching. Dimensions: top: h 238 mm × w 151 mmexplanationtitle page for: loosjes, adriaan pietersz. Moral stories. Haarlem: loosjes, adriaan, 1804-1805. Subject: what: 'cornucopia', horn of plenty, the sun as a celestial body, faith, 'fides'; 'fede', 'fede catholica', 'fede christiana', 'fede christiana catholica' (ripa), ~ one of the three theological virtues, the seven virtues (symbolized), happiness, felicity, truth; 'verità' (ripa). Acquisition: unknown 2016. Date: 1804 en/of 1804 - 1805.
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