Picart, Bernard, Amsterdam, Title page for: Accurate description of external religious duties, church customs and habits of all peoples of the world, 1727-1738, Tableau des principales religions du monde, Depiction of the most important religions in the world, verso lower left - stamped, Allegorical representation with in the middle the female personification of the Roman Church, crowned with a tiara. She tramples a rabbi who holds a Hebrew text and the personification of the Roman Empire, who holds a statue of Victoria in her hands. Superstition (Idolatria) tries to take the statue away from her. On the left, by a tree, the female personification of the Christian Faith, an open Bible in her hands. In front of her, a priest baptizing a woman. In the foreground, several Muslims looking up at a preaching man. One of them holds a tablet with eight lines from the Koran. In the background temples and rituals of pagan religions are depicted. In the margin a nine-line caption and a legend in French., print, engraving, title page, prints, height 373 mm, width 223 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1727 - 1727, second quarter 18th century, paper, etching, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

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