A priest stands by a burning sacrificial pillar In the foreground putti with paintings showing the bridge over the Danube and the column of Antoninus Pius In the background Christians being killed The scene is framed in a cartouche with medallions containing the portraits and names of Roman emperors, Allegory of the History of the Romans Title page for: K Westerbaen, Algemeene histori, 1747, print maker: Jan Caspar Philips, (mentioned on object), Jan Caspar Philips, (mentioned on object), publisher: Hermanus Besseling, (mentioned on object), print maker: Amsterdam, publisher: Utrecht, 1747

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