Triptych: Allegory of Art Training; Triptych with an allegory of art education. A delivery room on the center panel; a woman is breastfeeding a child. She is seated at a table; the cradle and a basket in front of her on the floor. From the ceiling hangs a chandelier; on the wall the stuffed head of a deer. In the background a dentist. The delivery room symbolizes nature. The left side panel shows an evening school where writing is learned by the light of candles and a lantern. The school symbolizes education. On the right side panel; a scholar cuts a pen in the light of the candle in his office. The pen cutter symbolizes practice. interior of the house; nursing; suckling; (barber as) dentist; symbolic representations; allegories and emblems; art; 'Arte' (Ripa); Willem Joseph Laquy; c. 1770; oil paint (paint); canvas; painting; h 83 cm x w 70 cm d 8 cm