City view with Dom church in Utrecht and allegory with Utrecht city maiden, Title page for: Elias de Vries, Dissertatio juridica, de jure naturali ac gentium, seu duobus prioribus juris fontibus, 1745, A city view with the Dom Church in Utrecht is central in a frame crowned by the all-seeing eye of God. On the top left on a cloud sits Justice and on the right sits History holding a book and a quill. On the right is the Utrecht city maiden holding a lance and a charter with Utrecht's seal. Next to her a putto with the coat of arms of Utrecht University. On the left, an allegorical figure with a book on her lap sits near a burning altar pillar, perhaps the Faith or Temperance. print maker: Noach van der Meer (I), (mentioned on object), after design by: Gerard Melder, (mentioned on object), publisher: Johannes Broedelet, (mentioned on object), Utrecht, 1745, paper, etching, height 232 mm x width 173 mm.