Caption:
Maria de Wilde 1682-1729 was talented in drawing, engraving, and painting, but she also possessed a gift for singing, harpsichord playing, and poetry At seventeen, she was praised for her 'thirst' for science Maria spent much time in the art cabinet of her father, who was an internationally renowned collector of antiquities Of the more than 700 visitors who came to see his collection between 1690 and 1720, Tsar Peter the Great was the most famous Maria recorded his first visit, on 13 December 1697, in an engraving Here she is depicted in the cabinet She is showing the catalog of antique sculptures from her father's cabinet, Signa Antiqua, for which she did the illustrations With a poem in Latin by David Franznvan Hoogstraten, Portrait of the artist Maria de Wilde, print maker: Pieter van den Berge, (mentioned on object), David Fransz. van Hoogstraten, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Pieter van den Berge, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, in or after 1700 - c. 1730, paper, etching, h 208 mm × w 155 mm