Authority (potestas), prestige (nobilitas) and benevolence (liberalitas), Johann Sadeler (i), after Jan van der Straet, 1597 print Title print with the female personifications of three important characteristics of a prince: authority (potestas), prestige (nobilitas) and benevolence (liberalitas). Potestas is wearing a palm branch and a scepter. Nobilitas is sitting on a throne with the coats of arms of the Duke of Savoy and the Habsburgs. Liberalitas holds a globe and empties a exhibition with money. The print has a Latin caption. print maker: Veniceafter drawing by: Florencepublisher: Venice
Authority (potestas), prestige (nobilitas) and benevolence (liberalitas), Johann Sadeler (i), after Jan van der Straet, 1597 print Title print with the female personifications of three important characteristics of a prince: authority (potestas), prestige (nobilitas) and benevolence (liberalitas). Potestas is wearing a palm branch and a scepter. Nobilitas is sitting on a throne with the coats of arms of the Duke of Savoy and the Habsburgs. Liberalitas holds a globe and empties a exhibition with money. The print has a Latin caption. print maker: Veniceafter drawing by: Florencepublisher: Venice paper engraving / etching power, 'Potestas' ~ one of the seven gifts of the soul. Nobility; 'Nobiltà ' (Ripa). Generosity, Liberality; 'Generosità ', 'Liberalità ' (Ripa). armorial bearing, heraldry
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