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Description (auto translated):
Glorification of trade and science. Landscape with a ruin in a coastal city. In the middle are three children engaged in reading and writing, lying in front of them on the ground stacks of books and geometrical instruments. Left lurk two foxes to a group of monkeys engaged in alchemy. In the workspace left, a group of scientists around a table with a globe against the wall a bookcase. A pillar at the entrance hangs a clock. Right in the foreground are two monkeys in a group of objects that refer to fun and entertainment: musical instruments, playing cards, glasses with wine, a gammon, masks, swords, a music book and the torso of a statue. In the background dancing comedians and audience gathered for a play staged outside the village. By air Mercury's chariot rides pulled by four males. There all kinds of flying birds, including a parrot and a cockatoo. The car scatters a monkey musical, dice, masks, cards, etc.
Southern Netherlands
H 70 cm × W 92 cm
SKU: 271362