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Engraved title page with a standing allegorical woman on a pedestal, two muscular male figures, a town and crowd in the background, and a curtain framing the scene.

Frontispiece of Friesland's Description with Allegorical Figures

An engraved title page shows a seated female figure in classical dress standing on a plinth inscribed with text, flanked by two muscular male figures holding a trident and a branch. Behind, a walled town, trees, and a crowd of onlookers fill the landscape under a draped curtain.

Artist
Jacob Folkema (mentioned on object)
Date
1717-1718
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2504 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1718.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The Sea and ShipsMaps and Cosmos18th centurybaroque1710s1717engravingbook illustrationfrontispieceallegorytitle pagecopperplatenetherlandstridentwalled town

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