Cartouche with allegory on the downfall of Persia, Jan Caspar Philips, 1740 print In the body of the murdered Persian king Darius, an angel hands over a laurel wreath and a paper as a symbol of the Persian Empire of Macedonian soldiers, including King Alexander the Great. A ruin landscape in the background. Putti sitting in the frame of the cartouche with globes and a performance of the four world rich as animals, seen by Daniël. Utrecht paper etching / engraving Persia (one of the four world empires). king. victor (after the battle)

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