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Industria.
1734
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Omega Project
Project Omega was conceived by the Library's Strategic Council - a scoped three year project aimed to facilitate the effective discovery and presentation of our collections, with a focus on the digitization of the Special Collections Graphic Arts backlog in Firestone library.
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
The Graphic Arts Collection holds prints, drawings, photographs, paintings, sculpture, and printed ephemera along with an international book collection specializing in fine press,
Metadata
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d. [1734-1765]
- People
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- Author
- Tanjé, Pieter, 1706-1761
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Personification in art
- Truth in art
- Gods, Roman, in art
- Male nude in art
- Female nude in art
- Father Time (Symbolic character) in art
- Cherubs (Art)
- Science in art
- Animals in art
- Natural history illustration—Netherlands—18th century—Specimens
- Illustration of books—Netherlands—18th century—Specimens
- Dutch literature—18th century—Illustrations
- Frontispiece—Specimens
- Books in art
- Mercury (Roman deity)—Art
- Diana (Roman deity)—Art
- Goddesses, Roman, in art
- Leaves (gathered matter).
- Art
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Industria.
- Call Number
- A Middle 39/Drawer 08/GC070/Half Folio GA 2024.01329
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcfb494p30w
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d. [1734-1765]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1734
- Extent
- 1 item ; print 50.5 x 34.3 cm.
- References
- Seba, Albertus. Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiosissimis expressio, per universam physiees historiam. Amstelaedam: Janssonio-Waesbergios [etc.], 1734-1765.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Stipple engravings
- Depiction: Allegorical scene with Veritas enthroned, surrounded by: Father Time; Diana; Mercury; numerous putti exploring nature; and four figures representing the different continents.
- Inscribed in plate, below: 'Præsidio Veritatis munita, Scientiarum incitata amore, adjuta Tempore, suam Sibi undequaque, instar Apum, colligens Supellectilem, cum Physica disserit de variis Naturæ operibus, admiratione dignis, quæ in triplicis Animantium, Vegetantium, Fossiliumque Regni divitüs, ex omni Orbis Terrarum plaga, Mercaturæ ac Navigationis adminiculo, comparatis, detexit: nonnullis interim Genüs adsidentibus, qui, admirandorum intenti Spectaculo, de his inter se conserunt; dum alii duo, ex alto delapsi, indefessos Industriae labores Laureo Serto, et immortali Gloria, remunerari gestiunt.'
- Signed in plate, lower left: "L.F.D.B. inv.".
- Signed in plate, lower right: "P. Taney sculp.".
- Item description: Frontispiece to volume I.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Personification in art
- Truth in art
- Gods, Roman, in art
- Male nude in art
- Female nude in art
- Father Time (Symbolic character) in art
- Cherubs (Art)
- Science in art
- Animals in art
- Natural history illustration—Netherlands—18th century—Specimens
- Illustration of books—Netherlands—18th century—Specimens
- Dutch literature—18th century—Illustrations
- Frontispiece—Specimens
- Books in art
- Mercury (Roman deity)—Art
- Diana (Roman deity)—Art
- Goddesses, Roman, in art
- Leaves (gathered matter).
- Art
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
-
https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/fc1700f4-7b58-48c8-b716-d1c1bd88c01a/manifest