Allegorische performance with Clio A young nobleman sits alongside Clio, the muse of history. She points with her left hand on a book about the history of Europe. With the other hand she points to the scene in the background. Fortuna, Love and Death flies above an exuberant crowd. In the margin a six-line caption in French. Top left numbered Asie Tom. I. Manufacturer : print maker: anonymous to a design by: Bernard Picart (copy to) Dated: in or after 1732 Material: paper Technique: etching / engra (printing process) Measurements: plate edge: h 146 mmblad: b 138 mm (Inner cut off the plate edge
Allegorische performance with Clio A young nobleman sits alongside Clio, the muse of history. She points with her left hand on a book about the history of Europe. With the other hand she points to the scene in the background. Fortuna, Love and Death flies above an exuberant crowd. In the margin a six-line caption in French. Top left numbered Asie Tom. I. Manufacturer : print maker: anonymous to a design by: Bernard Picart (copy to) Dated: in or after 1732 Material: paper Technique: etching / engra (printing process) Measurements: plate edge: h 146 mmblad: b 138 mm (Inner cut off the plate edge). Possible explanation book illustration or title page. Copy of title page: Pufendorf, Samuel von. Introduction a l'histoire generale politique et de l'Univers. Amsterdam: Chatelain, Zacharias (II), 1732. Subject: Clio (one of the Muses); 'Clio' (Ripa) Luck, Fortune, Lot; "Fato", "Fortuna", "Fortuna aurea," "Fortuna buona" "Fortuna Pacifica overo Clemente ',' Sorte '(Ripa) Death axis skeleton (+ Death with scythe) Love personified
Size: 1287px × 1942px
Photo credit: © Art World / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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