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Title page for Jacobus Kok's 'Vaderlandsch Woordenboek': History writes history
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Title page for Jacobus Kok's 'Vaderlandsch Woordenboek': History writes history

Reinier Vinkeles (I) · 1785 · etching; paper

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

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Allegorical representation in which the personification of History is seated writing a dictionary, behind her Liberty, in the air Fame. Used as a title print for Vaderlandsch Woordenboek by Jacobus Kok.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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titelprentprint'Historia''Historia' (Ripa)
Credit lineTitelprent voor Vaderlandsch Woordenboek van Jacobus Kok: Geschiedenis schrijft de historie. 1785. Reinier Vinkeles (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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