On a platform sits a half-naked woman with a crotch and an anchor. Around her a number of putti with a freedom hat, firewood and buoys. Above her an angel with a laurel wreath and lightning bolts. In front of the elevation sits Father Time with oil lamp, scythe and hourglass. He is holding a book in which History is written. On the left a woman with book and sickle and two other allegorical figures, Allegorical representation with History, Father Time and a woman with cross and anchor: Gerard Brandt, History of the Reformation, and other ecclesiastical histories, in and from the Netherlands

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