Frontispiece with the allegorical representation of history seated on a throne, for the collected work Opera by Liutprand of Cremona (Antwerp: 1640)
Artist(s) / maker(s)
Erasmus II Quellinus (after),
Cornelis II Galle (engravers (printmakers))
,
Balthasar I Moretus (publisher)
Date
ca. 1640Period
17 centuryCollection
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
The female personification of history sits on a stone throne and writes with a feather in a book. On either side of the throne are Mercury and a woman hanging garlands of medals from a palm and a deciduous tree. On the base of the throne is a reference to the abduction of Europa.
