Arithmetic sits at a table in an office and writes out a bill. Three of her co-workers are counting money, checking the books and also writing out bills. The hem of Arithmetica's dress is decorated with numbers.
| Artist |
Cornelis Cort
RKD
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Frans I Floris
RKD
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Hieronymus Cock
RKD
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| Title | Arithmetic (Mathematics) |
| Date | ca. 1565 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Location | Antwerp TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription in the representation, bottom left: FF. Invètor |
| printed inscription in the depiction, bottom centre: Abraham Pythagoras | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, centre right: 1607/ 1341 | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, centre: x 561/61/6 | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | |
| inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: .2. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Haec contemplandis numeris ars gaudet, eorum/ occulta sollers eruens mysteria. | |
| stamps (tools) reverse, lower left: Stad Gent/ Museum voor schone kunsten | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-MN |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-MN |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11694/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055866
allegory (artistic device)
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300124520 interior views AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A231
standing figure
Iconclass
31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 41A711 table Iconclass 41A721 chairs (furniture forms) Iconclass 46B31 money Iconclass 46B311 coin Iconclass 46B321 book-keeping, accountant Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 49C12 quadrivium (personification of Arithmetica, Geometria, Astronomia, and Musica) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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