History gives a pen to Painting (representing Frans van Mieris II), and encourages her to write the history of the princes who have governed the Netherlands. Engraving by B. Picart, 1732.

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History gives a pen to Painting (representing Frans van Mieris II), and encourages her to write the history of the princes who have governed the Netherlands. Engraving by B. Picart, 1732.