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Allegorical representation with figures and attributes referring to world history
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Allegorical representation with figures and attributes referring to world history

Bernard Picart · 1720 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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History leans with her book on a globe and writes the history of the world. She is accompanied by Genealogy, who shows her a family tree. She looks up at Father Time and Chronology, who are flying in the sky. In the foreground a woman holding a sheet of paper with coats of arms in her hands. At her feet various attributes symbolizing power. In the clouds a meeting of the Olympian gods. In the margin an inscription, in three columns, in French.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineAllegorische voorstelling met figuren en attributen die naar de wereldgeschiedenis verwijzen. 1720. Bernard Picart. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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