Writer studies history of Israel, A writer sits behind his writing desk with quill and paper, looking toward an angel who shows him a tablet with Hebrew and Greek script. On the right stands Truth with sun on chest and a woman seen from the back shows a map of Israel. In the foreground itten putti with books on animals and plants next to two globes. The writer is illuminated by rays of light from the upper left corner revealed by two putti lifting a drapery. To the right in the background a vista towards Christ in halo on a mountain accompanied by (possibly) Moses and Elijah. print maker: Jan Caspar Philips, (mentioned on object), after own design by: Jan Caspar Philips, (mentioned on object), publisher: Johannes van Braam, (mentioned on object), publisher: Dordrecht, publisher: Amsterdam, 1726 and/or 1727, paper, etching, engraving, height 332 mm x width 213 mm.