Allegory of Hercules Amor trampled frontispiece for: Jean de La Bruyère, Les caracteres the Theophraste, 1731 Object Type : print title picture Item number: : Collection Rijksmuseum 2 (2) Description: the personification of Temperance sits beside Minerva with her horse bridle on a cloud. Together they try to recall the ground figures to order. Cloud left is a man Temperance and Minerva with a heavy d want to tackle. In the foreground stands the Hercules Pride: a naked woman with a peacock in her arms. Hercules hereby Amor kicks to the ground. In the foreground
Allegory of Hercules Amor trampled frontispiece for: Jean de La Bruyère, Les caracteres the Theophraste, 1731 Object Type : print title picture Item number: : Collection Rijksmuseum 2 (2) Description: the personification of Temperance sits beside Minerva with her horse bridle on a cloud. Together they try to recall the ground figures to order. Cloud left is a man Temperance and Minerva with a heavy d want to tackle. In the foreground stands the Hercules Pride: a naked woman with a peacock in her arms. Hercules hereby Amor kicks to the ground. In the foreground is a card game and is a winged demonic figure in a bag with money. In the margin a zevenregelig fresh in Frans. Manufacturer : printmaker Jacob Folkema (listed building), designed by Bernard Picart (listed property) writer: Henri Philippe de Limiers (listed building) Dated: 1719 - 1767 Physical features: etching material: paper Technique: etching dimensions: sheet: h 146 mm × W 85 mmToelichtingGebruikt the title picture for Jean de Bruyère, Les caracteres the Theophraste. Amsterdam: F. Changuion, 1731. Subject: Temperance, 'Temperance'; "Temperanza '(Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues (story of) Minerva (Pallas Athena) (the story of) Hercules (Herakles) Vice, Evil, Sin; "Peccato '(Ripa) devils in the form of (fabulous) animal
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