Cartouche with allegory on the history of the Greeks Title page for K Westerbaen, Common uses histori, 1740 history in conversation with a woman, pointing to a sheet Where: in many Greek cities. In the background Aeneas saves his father Anchises from the burning Troy. In the frame of the cartouche medallions with gods of Olympus. Manufacturer : printmaker Jan Caspar Philips (listed building) in its design: Jan Caspar Philips (listed building) publisher: Hermanus Besseling (listed property) Place manufacture: print maker: Amsterdam Publisher: Utrecht Date: 1740 Physical characteristics: etching
Cartouche with allegory on the history of the Greeks Title page for K Westerbaen, Common uses histori, 1740 history in conversation with a woman, pointing to a sheet Where: in many Greek cities. In the background Aeneas saves his father Anchises from the burning Troy. In the frame of the cartouche medallions with gods of Olympus. Manufacturer : printmaker Jan Caspar Philips (listed building) in its design: Jan Caspar Philips (listed building) publisher: Hermanus Besseling (listed property) Place manufacture: print maker: Amsterdam Publisher: Utrecht Date: 1740 Physical characteristics: etching and engra material: paper Technique: etching / engra (printing process) Measurements: plate edge: h 171 mm × W 122 mmToelichtingTitelpagina for: Common uses histori from the beginning of the world up to the present time to, part 5. [Translated from English to] Kornelis Westerbaen. Utrecht: Hermanus Besseling, 1740. Subject: Greek heldenverhalen'Historia; 'Historia' (Ripa) all Olympian gods together: Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, Ceres, Apollo, Diana, Mars, Venus, Mercury, Minerva, Vulcan, Vesta (or Bacchus) "Pius Aeneas': Aeneas, leading Ascanius, escapes from burning Troy, carrying his father Anchises with the Penates; his wife Creusa, who sets out with them, it dissolves on the right and way
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