Flower Vase Flanked by Invention and Labor, Two female personifications stand left and right of a pedestal on which is a flower vase. The left figure with wings along her head and a small statue in her hands. She represents the personification of invention. The figure on the right carries a shovel and is possibly the personification of labor. print maker: Gerard de Lairesse, (mentioned on object), c. 1675, paper, etching, height 133 mm x width 96 mm.