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Women - Mythology

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  • A woman performing chemical experiments with a furnace: representing chemistry. Etching by E-J-N. de Ghendt after C-N. Cochin the younger, 1773.
  • A woman representing Nature gives a baby to a mother; representing man's vulnerable and naked birth. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563.
  • A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.
  • Two merchants and a woman at a table; representing arithmetic. Etching by C. Schut after himself.
  • A woman representing Nature gives a baby to a mother; representing man's vulnerable and naked birth. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563.
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    A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.

    | Date: 1 July 1786 | Reference: 25991i
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    A bare-breasted woman, girt with fruits, flanked by putti standing in in cornucopias. Engraving by J. Th. De Bry, ca. 1580-1600.

    Bry, Johann Theodor de, 1561-1623. | Date: 1580-1600 | Reference: 25864i
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    A winged woman holding a lyre and a book; representing poetry. Engraving by P. Ghigi after L. Agricola after Raphael.

    Raphael, 1483-1520. | Reference: 25699i
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    A woman representing astrology or philosophy. Engraving by P. Ghigi after L. Agricola after Raphael.

    Raphael, 1483-1520. | Reference: 25694i
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    A woman with measuring instruments; representing geometry. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

    Delaune, Etienne, 1518?-1583. | Reference: 25882i
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