Allegory, by Father time revealed, with history surrounded by a crowd of characters who symbolize the different continents. She's joined by Genealogy, showing her pedigree, Chronology, with tablet in hand, Geography, with its compass world map drawing and Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, pointing to Diogenes. In the foreground the personifications of the arts with their attributes. Left background Adam and Eve, Mohammed, Moses and Aaron. Right background monuments Where: Under the Colossus of Rhodes, the tower of Babel, Golgotha, pyramids and the Temple of Solomon. In the clouds a meeting of
Allegory, by Father time revealed, with history surrounded by a crowd of characters who symbolize the different continents. She's joined by Genealogy, showing her pedigree, Chronology, with tablet in hand, Geography, with its compass world map drawing and Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, pointing to Diogenes. In the foreground the personifications of the arts with their attributes. Left background Adam and Eve, Mohammed, Moses and Aaron. Right background monuments Where: Under the Colossus of Rhodes, the tower of Babel, Golgotha, pyramids and the Temple of Solomon. In the clouds a meeting of the Olympian gods. In the margin of a signature in the zevenregelig Nederlands. Manufacturer : print maker: Bernard Picart (indicated on object), at its design: Bernard Picart (indicated on object) Dated: 1726 and / or 1724 - 1737 Material: paper Technique: etching / engra ( printing process) Measurements: plate edge: h 370 mm × W 222 mmToelichtingTitelpagina for: Luïscius, Abraham George. General historical, geographic and genealogical dictionary. The Hague: Husson, Peter; Johnson, Thomas; Duren (I), Johannes van; Le Four, Charles and Boitet, Reinier, 1724-1737. Picture taken from a slice album titled prints, ornaments and so on blue paper gehaald. Subject apart in 1983: Father Time, man with wings and scythe'Historia; 'Historia' (Ripa) allegorically represented continents symbolic representations allegorieà «n and emblems ~ art; 'Arte' (Ripa)
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