Allegorical title page with various references to the city of Rome, Matthijs Pool, after Arnold Houbraken, 1713, An allegorical female figure mourns amidst all manner of Roman antiquities and weaponry. At her feet lies a crown and a bundle of arrows. In the foreground the wolf with Remus and Romulus. In the background a niche with statues and busts of Roman emperors and field lords. A soldier slides aside a drapery on which the title is Latin., print maker: Matthijs Pool, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Arnold Houbraken, (mentioned on object), publisher: François Halma, (mentioned on object), print maker: Amsterdam, publisher: Leeuwarden, 1713, paper, engraving, etching, h 340 mm × w 220 mm
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Allegorical title page, various references, city, Rome, Matthijs Pool, Arnold Houbraken, 1713, allegorical female figure mourns amidst, manner, Roman antiquities, weaponry, feet lies, crown, bundle, arrows, foreground, wolf, Remus, Romulus, background, niche, statues, busts, Roman emperors, field lords, soldier slides aside, drapery, title, Latin, print maker, Matthijs Pool, mentioned, object, intermediary draughtsman, Arnold Houbraken, mentioned, object, publisher, François Halma, mentioned, object, print maker, Amsterdam, publisher, Leeuwarden, 1713, paper, engraving, etching, h 340 mm × w 220 mm
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