Album met voorstellingen van de schone kunsten 1639 - 1681

This is the cover of "Album met voorstellingen van de schone kunsten", made by Mathäus Küsel. Look at the rhombus shape in the middle with the inscription 'FIGURAE'. This form is ancient, representing, at its most basic, orientation—like a compass pointing in all directions, not just one. The rhombus has appeared time and again throughout history, often holding potent symbolic weight. In Paleolithic times, it signified the vulva and by extension the womb, embodying a matriarchal fertility. This symbol experienced a transformation and was adopted in heraldry to identify women in noble family crests. The symbol of the rhombus has continuously reappeared in different cultural contexts, each time imbued with the psychological echoes of its past, reminding us of our inherent human desire for balance, guidance, and perhaps even the primal connection to our origins.