Allegory, by Father time revealed, with history surrounded by a crowd of characters who symbolize the different continents. She's joined by Geneology, showing her pedigree, Chronology, with tablet in hand, Geography, with its compass world map drawing and Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, pointing to Diogenes. In the foreground the personifications of the arts with their attributes. Left background Adam and Eve, Mohammed, Moses and Aaron. Right background monuments Where: Under the Colossus of Rhodes, the tower of Babel, Golgotha, pyramids and the Temple of Solomon. In the clouds a meeting of
Allegory, by Father time revealed, with history surrounded by a crowd of characters who symbolize the different continents. She's joined by Geneology, showing her pedigree, Chronology, with tablet in hand, Geography, with its compass world map drawing and Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, pointing to Diogenes. In the foreground the personifications of the arts with their attributes. Left background Adam and Eve, Mohammed, Moses and Aaron. Right background monuments Where: Under the Colossus of Rhodes, the tower of Babel, Golgotha, pyramids and the Temple of Solomon. In the clouds a meeting of the Olympian gods. In the margin a zevenregelig signature in Nederlands. Manufacturer : printmaker: Bernard Picart (listed building) in its draft: Bernard Picart (listed property) Place manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1726 Physical features: etching and engra material: paper Technique: etching / engra (printing process) Measurements: plate edge: h 373 mm × W 224 mmToelichtingTitelpagina for: Luïscius, Abraham George. General historical, geographic and genealogical dictionary. The Hague: Pieter Husson, Thomas Johnson, Johannes van Duren (I), Charles Le Four Reinier Boitet, 1724-1737. Subject: Father Time, man with wings and scythe'Historia; 'Historia' (Ripa) allegorically represented werelddelenMnemosynefamily lineage, pedigree, genealogical tree or tablechronologiemap world'Geografia of the (story of) Diogenes, the philosophersymbolische representations allegorieà «n and emblems ~ art; 'Arte' (Ripa) Adam and Eve (not in biblical context) seer, prophet ~ Islam, Mohammedanism Mohammed Temple of Solomon (1 Kings 5-9, 2 Chronicles 2-7), the Tower of Babel Meetings and abodes of the gods
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