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	Image	1776-Liege-Bassompierr-01-004
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	Jacob van der Schley (copied after)
	Engraver	Unknown
	Lithographer
	Title Caption
	Title Supplied	Allegory of Wisdom and Prudence
	Part
	Chapter
	Subject
	Illustration Type	Head vignette
	Technique	Burin engraving
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	I
	Page Number	iii
	Image Dimension	77 x 150
	Page Dimension	280 x 215
	Commentary	In the center, the coat of arms of his Highness François-Charles Count of Velbruck surrounded by acanthus leaves and with the royal crown. On the left, Athena (Wisdom) with her lance, helmet, Gorgoneion (shield with Medusa's head), olive branch, open book and bridles. Next to her, one angel holds a trumpet and the Auroboros (snake, symbol of eternity). On the right, a female figure (Prudence) with a small lamp and a closed book. Next to her, a stork and two angels. One holding a snake and a mirror; the other holding a palm leaf and a trumpet. In the background, columns and curtains. Remarkable engraving.
	Notes	1 - This headpiece is not the same plate first engraved for La Haye: Pierre de Hondt, 1746 (with a ducal coat of arms surrounded by acanthus leaves with the initials F. X. [François Xavier, Duke of Saxe and Royal Prince of Pologne] and the ducal crown). 2 - Unsigned.