Allegorical figures around a sphinx, General histories of the known earth-cloak (title on object), Title page for: Geerlof Suikers, Algemene kerkelyke en wereldlyke geschiedenissen des bekenden aard-kloots, 1721, Menigte allegorische figuren rond een sfinx op een sokkel. On the left, History and a writing female personification crowned with a tower. Father Time unrolling a paper, in the air Fame. On the right, Truth: a naked woman holding a book and the sun on her head. Behind her Minerva, thrusting a devilish figure into the earth with her lance., print maker: Jan Wandelaar, (mentioned on

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