MIKAEL VAN LINT (?, 1767 - Rome, 1826) Allegory of Friendship Patinated terracotta group; flaws, chipping, restorations in the base visible on the reverse, part of corner missing Signed M. Van Lint F. and dated 1814 in the front right-hand corner H. cm 38, W. cm 41, D. cm 36 A TERRACOTTA GROUP BY MIKAEL VAN LINT; DEFCETS, CHIPS, RESTORATIONS, ONE PART OF THE CORNER MISSING At the foot of the statue rests an open book engraved with the phrase -How sweet to say I have a friend! How bitter to say I have lost my friend! Young. Nait XII-, a sentence probably taken from The Nights (Night Thoughts) by the British writer Edward Young, a work published between 1742 and 1745.