Cartouche met allegorie op de geschiedenis van Griekenland 1742

This engraving by Jan Caspar Philips from 1742, titled “Cartouche met allegorie op de geschiedenis van Griekenland”, depicts a scene of historical allegory. The central figure, a woman in armor, represents History, holding a spear and seated near a globe. She is surrounded by putti who hold scrolls representing different periods in Greek history. The scene is framed by a decorative cartouche, with the inscription “Algemeene Historie” at the bottom, signifying the artwork's connection to the publication of a history of Greece.