Allegorical title page with Peace (Pax), Abundance (Abundantia) and Urbanity that carries painting to the personification of Rome. Ignorance (Ignorantia), envy (Invidia) and superstition (Idolatria) try to stop them. On the right in the foreground Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, pulling texts from the hands of Father Time. In the sky on a cloud Eternity with a laurel wreath in her hand. In the background a face of Rome. In the margin a nine-line caption in French, Triumph of Painting Le triomphe de la peinture, Front title page: Pliny, Histoire de la peinture ancienne (...), 1725, print maker: Bernard Picart, (mentioned on object), Bernard Picart, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1725, paper, etching, engraving, h 260 mm × w 176 mm
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Allegorical title page, Peace, Pax, Abundance, Abundantia, Urbanity, carries painting, personification, Rome, Ignorance, Ignorantia, envy, Invidia, superstition, Idolatria, try, stop, right, foreground Mnemosyne, goddess, memory, pulling texts, hands, Father Time, sky, cloud Eternity, laurel wreath, hand, background, face, Rome, margin, nine-line caption, French, Triumph, Painting Le triomphe de la peinture, Front title page, Pliny, Histoire de la peinture ancienne, 1725, print maker, Bernard Picart, mentioned, object, Bernard Picart, mentioned, object, Amsterdam, 1725, paper, etching, engraving, h 260 mm × w 176 mm
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