Consequences of the war, Luigi Paradisi, After Antonio Muzzi, After Peter Paul Rubens, in Or Before 1893 print Allegorical representation about the European continent that is plagued by the thirty -year war. Central is Venus, the goddess of love, who tries to stop her lover Mars, the god of war, and keep the peace. The Furie Alecto tries to pull Mars. Around various personifications, including harmony, plague and famine. In the background on the left the temple of Janus with opened door (in the ancient Rome the closed door of the temple of Janus symbol for peace and an open door for war). Ital
Consequences of the war, Luigi Paradisi, After Antonio Muzzi, After Peter Paul Rubens, in Or Before 1893 print Allegorical representation about the European continent that is plagued by the thirty -year war. Central is Venus, the goddess of love, who tries to stop her lover Mars, the god of war, and keep the peace. The Furie Alecto tries to pull Mars. Around various personifications, including harmony, plague and famine. In the background on the left the temple of Janus with opened door (in the ancient Rome the closed door of the temple of Janus symbol for peace and an open door for war). Italy paper engraving / etching symbols, allegories of war; 'Guerra' (Ripa). (story of) Mars (Ares). (story of) Venus (Aphrodite). Alecto (one of the Furies) Temple of Janus
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