Toneel van Sinnebeelden : geopent tot Dienst van Schilders Beelthouders etc / door A. Houbraken
Toneel van Sinnebeelden is a 1736 Dutch emblem book published in Amsterdam by Leonardus Schenk, compiled by the painter and biographer Arnold Houbraken for artists, sculptors and image-makers. Its engravings show single allegorical female figures in classical dress, each standing in a framed panel or seated in an interior, with small props that signal their meaning. A designer could draw on the poses, drapery and attributes as a ready vocabulary for personifications of virtues, arts and seasons.
