Identification title(s): laurel wreath with lyre. Object type: picture book illustration object number: rp-p-ob-60. 515. Catalog reference: hollstein dutch 3. Description: in the middle a lyre with a laurel wreath. Around the wreath the latin text: mus omnes & semel insanivi. Above and below the image the text: follow some poems by s. I. Tempera te tempori. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: willem schellinks (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: amsterdam. Dating: 1658. Physical features: etching. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: top: h 146 mm × w 90 mm explanation the print was used as a book illustration in: contarini, francesco and ingen, simon. The faithful shepherdess. Lansspel. With some poems from them, amsterdam: abraham van blanken, 1658. Subject: what: lyre, cithara, psalterytrees: laurel (+ plants used symbolically). Acquisition: unknown. Date: 1658.
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