Allegory of Art and Knowledge with the Coat-of-Arms of Hans Wilpert Zo

A pen and brown wash drawing in which putti float among billowing clouds. At left, a small winged child leans beside a cartouche bearing a coat of arms, a lute and open books nearby, with a domed building on a hill above. At right, a winged figure draws a bow toward a chariot-borne putto amid rays of light.

Look closer: A signature and date inscribed in the lower right corner.

Artist

Mathais Füssli the Youngest

Date

1694

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3349 × 2311 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Jean A. Bonna Gift, 2007