Allegorical title page with patriarch Abraham and Truth, Title page for: Arnold Hoogvliet, Abraham the Patriarch, in XII Books, 1728, Truth, a radiant sun above her head, sacrifices a lamb on an altar. In her hands she holds a sacrificial bowl and a knife. Beside her the patriarch Abraham, holding the chained Vanity, idolatry, and a man with feather headdress. At his feet, Maturity kneels, with a horse's tome on her arm. She grasps his winged foot. On the left in the background three shepherds with their flock of sheep., print maker: Jan Wandelaar, (mentioned on object), after own design by

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