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Title page for: Kornelis Westerbaen, Algemeene histori, 1740, Cartouche with allegory on the history of the Greeks, print, title page, History in conversation with a woman pointing to a sheet of paper depicting various Greek cities. In the background, Aeneas saving his father Anchises from burning Troy. In the frame of the cartouche, medallions with gods of Olympus., printmaker: Jan Caspar Philips, publisher: Hermanus Besseling, Utrecht, paper, engraving, etching, height 170 mm x width 121 mm, Title page for: Westerbaen, Kornelis. General Histories from the Beginning of the World to the Present Time, Fifth Part. Utrecht: Besseling, Hermanus, 1740. Print from a scrap album with title prints, ornaments, etc. on blue paper, taken apart in 1983. According to a note on the verso, the print was on p. 106 of this album., 'Historia', the Olympian gods together: Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, Ceres, Apollo, Diana, Mars, Venus, Mercury, Minerva, Vulcan, Vesta (or Bacchus), 'Pius Aeneas': Aeneas, leading Ascanius, escapes from burning Troy, carrying his father Anchises with the Penates, his wife Creusa, who sets out with them, is lost on the way, the Greek heroic legends (I), Greece, A detailed engraved scene framed by ornate architectural borders shows a central group of figures in a landscape with trees and distant buildings under a sky with clouds; a seated woman in draped clothing holds an open book while a winged figure beside her gestures toward a tall inscribed tablet held by another standing figure; several cherubic children surround them, one playing a small stringed instrument and another holding a shallow basket toward the seated woman; in the background a figure on horseback and another standing figure are visible near smoke or cloud-like formations; the frame contains decorative medallions with small mythological or classical scenes and fig

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Title page Kornelis Westerbaen Algemeene histori 1740 Cartouche allegory history Greeks print title page History conversation woman pointing sheet paper depicting various Greek cities background Aeneas saving father Anchises burning Troy frame cartouche medallions gods Olympus printmaker Jan Caspar Philips publisher Hermanus Besseling Utrecht engraving etching height 170 mm x width 121 mm Westerbaen Kornelis General Histories World Present Time Fifth Part Besseling Hermanus Print scrap album title prints ornaments etc blue paper apart 1983 According note verso print was p 106 album Historia Olympian gods together Jupiter Juno Neptune Ceres Apollo Diana Mars Venus Mercury Minerva Vulcan Vesta Bacchus Pius Aeneas Aeneas leading Ascanius escapes carrying Penates wife Creusa sets them lost way Greek heroic legends I Greece detailed engraved scene framed ornate architectural borders central group figures landscape trees distant buildings under sky clouds seated woman draped clothing holds open book winged figure beside gestures tall inscribed tablet held another standing figure several cherubic children surround playing small stringed instrument another holding shallow basket horseback visible near smoke cloud- formations contains decorative medallions small mythological classical scenes fig