Allegory on the Peace of Aachen, 1748, Dutch Vreugde-tempel Erected Due to the conclusion of the General Peace to Aachen between 18. 19. Oct. MDCCXLVIII (title on object), Allegory of the Peace of Aachen concluded on October 18, 1748 between the Allies (Republic, England and Austria) on the one hand and France, Prussia and Spain on the other. Europe kneels with the bull for Peace with a horn of plenty, behind her the Dutch Virgin, in the clouds the Fame, in the center an obelisk with weapons of the warring parties. On the left, Father Time pulls the curtain aside to reveal the spectacle, in

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