Subject: Title Pages
Period: 1700 (circa)
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Color: Hand Color
Size:
6.1 x 7.6 inches
15.5 x 19.3 cm
Philipp Cluver, one of the most important figures in historical geography, is shown in a portrait surrounded by two putti. Next to his portrait is most likely Janus, the god of beginnings and transitions and therefore often associated with keys, gates and doors. Below him is an attentive female pupil taking notes, surrounded by cartographic instruments.
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Condition: A
Nice impression with a few worm tracks in the lower right blank margin, far from the image.