History Overcomes Time, An allegory of writing. History sits on a staircase writing a book, she is surrounded by putti and allegorical figures. On a cloud above her sits Truth with a sun over her head. On the ground, the fallen Father Time lies surrounded by putti with books and papers., print maker: Frederik Ottens, (mentioned on object), print maker: Andries van Buysen (Sr.), (mentioned on object), Louis Fabritius Dubourg, (mentioned on object), publisher: Amsterdam, publisher: Delft, 1727, paper, etching, engraving, height 333 mm × width 210 mm

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