Birth and wedding scene, Dirk Sluyter, After Haatje Pieters Oosterhuis, 1809 print Allegorical representations on the occasion of the marriage of A. Daane and Bouwmeester on February 5, 1809. The print contains numerous symbols pointing to faith, love, fertility, the slipping of time, happiness and setback. A young man with a burning torch and an olive branch wears a yoke piped with flowers and is chained at his feet. The faith is next to him. She tramples some figures under her feet that symbolize disaster and jealousy. An old man looks up at Paternity time, which shows a still unwritten
Birth and wedding scene, Dirk Sluyter, After Haatje Pieters Oosterhuis, 1809 print Allegorical representations on the occasion of the marriage of A. Daane and Bouwmeester on February 5, 1809. The print contains numerous symbols pointing to faith, love, fertility, the slipping of time, happiness and setback. A young man with a burning torch and an olive branch wears a yoke piped with flowers and is chained at his feet. The faith is next to him. She tramples some figures under her feet that symbolize disaster and jealousy. An old man looks up at Paternity time, which shows a still unwritten magazine. Caritas sits on the floor with a lion and a lamb next to her. In the air a group of putti and two hands that hold rings, with a banner with text about the holy nature of marriage. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving / brush (civil) marriage ceremonies. Welfare, Prosperity; 'Felicità publica', 'Prosperità della vita', 'Salute' (Ripa). Calamity, Distress; 'Calamità ', 'Calamità o miseria' (Ripa). 'Vanitas' symbols. Reciprocal Love. Fruitfulness, Productiveness, Fertility, Fecundity; 'Fecondità ' (Ripa). Father Time, man with wings and scythe
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