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Peoples of different continents
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Peoples of different continents

Jan Caspar Philips · 1729 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Landscape with an architectural niche in which delegates of the peoples of different continents have gathered. In the foreground History writing in her book. She is accompanied by a woman, in hand the Hand of Justice, pointing to the monument on which the title in Dutch. On the monument a putto on a globe.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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titelpaginaprint'Historia''Historia' (Ripa)globehuman racespeoplesnationalities
Credit lineVolken van verschillende continenten. 1729. Jan Caspar Philips. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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