Research
Oil on canvas. Signed “J.A. 1651”. Depicting a woman seated at a table and writing the calculation of a sum, representing Arithmetic, one of the seven Liberal Arts.
The present painting by Jonas Arnold of Ulm, Germany, depicts a 17th century allegory of Arithmetica. Arnold (d. 1669) was a designer and engraver, and court painter to Count Starhemberg in Linz. His portraits of the participants in the Count’s yearly carnival constitute a valuable cultural and historical record.
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