Zon, Crispijn van de Passe (I), After Maerten de Vos, 1589 - 1611 print The God Sol (Apollo) as personification of the sun in a triumphal wagon that is drawn by horses. He gives a scepter in his hand. In the top corner the sign of the zodiac that symbolizes its planet children: lion. Downstairs on earth, the people born under the sphere of influence of this planet are involved in activities that are characteristic of this sign. They walk in a procession and some are crowned. In the margin a sixteen -line poem, in four columns, in Latin that refers to the metal gold associated with the sun. pa
Zon, Crispijn van de Passe (I), After Maerten de Vos, 1589 - 1611 print The God Sol (Apollo) as personification of the sun in a triumphal wagon that is drawn by horses. He gives a scepter in his hand. In the top corner the sign of the zodiac that symbolizes its planet children: lion. Downstairs on earth, the people born under the sphere of influence of this planet are involved in activities that are characteristic of this sign. They walk in a procession and some are crowned. In the margin a sixteen -line poem, in four columns, in Latin that refers to the metal gold associated with the sun. paper engraving Sol and his children ('Planetenkinder') ~ Leo. (personifications of the) planets with their 'children', so-called 'Planetenkinder', accompanied by the corresponding zodiacal signs. procession ~ Christian religion. chariot, triumphal car
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