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. On the left, a portrait of the governor is held high by Mercury and angels, in front of History and Time. In the air various emblems and weapons of the Republic and William IV. In the center, the kneeling Dutch Virgin hands over the peace treaty to the

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