Design for a title page: Heraclitus and Democritus leaning over a table with a globe flanked by an owl and a monkey

Jan Josefsz. van Goyen (Leiden 1596-1656 The Hague) Design for a title page: Heraclitus and Democritus leaning over a table with a globe flanked by an owl and a monkey signed, dated and inscribed 'I.V. GOIEN Ao 1623 den.24.September' (strengthened in brown ink) black chalk, black chalk framing lines, partial watermark Strasburg lily 4 3/8 x 6 3/8 in. (11.1 x 16.4 cm.)