History of an imperial servant in Persia; Time with the Mexicans, Persian History, Histoire de Perse, Veder Painter Konst, Art de peindre chés les Mexiquains (title on object), Les Indes Orientales et Occidentales et autres lieux (series title), Representation in two parts. On the left, the king of Persia gives his clothes to a kingdom servant. The man was guarding the king's treasury but was accused of theft. The king then checked the treasury and came to search the man's house. In a locked room, the man kept all his possessions that he had before he got his position. The room appeared to be completely empty. The right-hand depiction shows, among other things, a painter in Mexico and a time wheel. Behind it is shown how the Mexicans last day of a time wheel breaks all the pots. Above it, a new beginning is celebrated. With a legend in Dutch and French. The print is part of an album., print maker: Romeyn de Hooghe, publisher: Pieter van der Aa (I) (mentioned on object), Leiden, 1682 - 1733, paper, etching, height 216 mm × width 348 mm
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