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  • The goddess Diana (Artemis) holding a crescent moon and a spear. Engraving by E. Delaune, c. 1560.
  • A woman with a bird on her head; representing dialectic. Engraving by A. Vallée after M. de Vos.
  • A woman (Juno?) with a staff encircled by a snake and a peacock. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • A woman personifying anatomy looks searchingly into the light emanating from a corpse, but she is mortally threatened by the scythe of Time; representing anatomy's struggle with decay. Engraving by N-G. Dupuis, 1759, after J-B-M. Pierre.
  • Three men read while a woman writes numerals; representing arithmetic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.
  • A woman holding a compass and a square rule; representing architecture. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • A female figure resting her arm on a globe; representing geography. Stipple engraving.
  • A female figure with a vacuum pump; representing physics. Etching by C.L. de Lingée after C-N. Cochin the younger, c. 1773.
  • Painting personified with its ancillary arts and sciences: optics, chemistry and mineralogy. Engraving by P.C. Baquoy, 1809, after J.M. Moreau.