Cartouche with allegory of the end of the Roman Empire, Title page for: Kornelis Westerbaen, Algemeene histori, 1748, The personification of Rome sits enthroned with spear, globe and statue of Victoria. Three men as personifications of the Goths, Huns and Vandals trample on the Italian landscape, run towards Rome with sword and burning torch and deprive her of the globe. To the right, a king points a group of men behind him to an open book. In the foreground a depiction of a church interior and putti with a compass and a map. In the frame portrait busts of Roman emperors. print maker: Jan Caspar Philips, (mentioned on object), after own design by: Jan Caspar Philips, (mentioned on object), publisher: Hermanus Besseling, (mentioned on object), Utrecht, 1748, paper, engraving, etching, height 167 mm x width 121 mm.