Ceiling painting with allegorical figures, Bernard Picart, After Nicolas Poussin, 1692 - 1696 print Ceiling painting in the King's apartments in the Louvre. Father kidnaps truth and flies with her by the air, accompanied by a putto with the sickle and the snake that bites itself in its own tail (symbol of eternity). Along the edge of the ceiling, the personifications of Toorn and envy. In the margin a four -line caption in Latin and in French. Paris paper etching / engraving Envy; 'Invidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Anger; 'Ira' (Ripa) ~ personification of one o
Ceiling painting with allegorical figures, Bernard Picart, After Nicolas Poussin, 1692 - 1696 print Ceiling painting in the King's apartments in the Louvre. Father kidnaps truth and flies with her by the air, accompanied by a putto with the sickle and the snake that bites itself in its own tail (symbol of eternity). Along the edge of the ceiling, the personifications of Toorn and envy. In the margin a four -line caption in Latin and in French. Paris paper etching / engraving Envy; 'Invidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Anger; 'Ira' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Father Time, man with wings and scythe. Truth; 'Verità ' (Ripa). Eternity, 'Aeternitas'; 'Eternità ','Eternità o Perpetuità ' (Ripa)
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