Kalender voor het jaar 1711 tot en met het jaar 1749 1714

This engraving shows a calendar for the years 1711 to 1749, created by Bernard Picart. The cyclical nature of time is a visual puzzle of letters and symbols arranged in a circular format, reminiscent of astrological charts used since antiquity. Note the figures adorning each corner. They serve not merely as decoration but as carriers of symbolic meaning. Mythological figures were often used to represent the seasons. This ties into humanity's age-old impulse to personify abstract concepts and natural forces, a practice that appears in ancient Greek and Roman art and persists even now in modern advertising and political symbolism. This calendar is not just a tool for measuring time; it also taps into a deep human desire to find order and meaning in the chaos of existence. Think of this calendar not as a modern creation, but as an echo of ancient efforts to grasp the eternal rhythm of the cosmos.