Bidspirit auction | Allegory of Geometry, a woman

Allegory of Geometry, a woman with a turreted crown measures with a compass a terrestrial globe, where the figure of a vessel stands out, next to the globe a snake and a toad, terrestrial symbols, and other measuring instruments, against the background of classical ruins. Title engraved above, lower left “Ion. Sadeler sculp. / et excudit ”on the right” M. de Vos figure. ”. On the bottom outside the inscription: ”Distinguitquae plagas, montesquae ac flumina lustrat”, on the left the number 4 and on the right 161. engraving, 147x107mm Nice impression with good margins.