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ADAM WEISWEILER (1744-1820)
Console table
late eighteenth centuryRCIN 2602
The central plaque depicts playing putti or ‘loves’, the attendants of Venus and her son, Cupid. Around them are various implements, indicating an allegory of the Sciences: a celestial globe, geometric instruments, and a pedestal inscribed ‘DOCTRINA’ (Latin for ‘Learning’).
Purchased by George IV, 1816
