Allegory with History writing history
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Allegorical representation, revealed by Father Time, with History surrounded by a crowd of characters symbolizing the different parts of the world. She is accompanied by Genealogy, who shows her a family tree, Chronology, with tablet in hand, Geography, who with her compass draws the world map and Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, who points to Diogenes. In the foreground the personifications of the arts with their attributes. On the left in the background Adam and Eve, Mohammed, Moses and Aaron. On the right in the background monuments including 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 a seven-line inscription in Dutch.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description