History sitting on a throne, Cornelis Galle (II), After Peter Paul Rubens, after Erasmus Quellinus (II), 1640 print The female personification of history is on a stone throne and writes with a spring in a book. On either side of the throne are Mercury and a woman who hang garlands with medals on a palm and a deciduous tree. On the pedestal of the throne a reference to the robbery of Europe. Antwerp paper engraving 'Historia'; 'Historia' (Ripa). (story of) Mercury (Hermes). Jupiter, usually in the shape of a white bull, abducts Europa and carries her across the water

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