Allegory patience during the period of war Political allegory patience during the time of the Eighty Years War, ca. 1577. the female personification of patience (patientia), represented as a naked woman is chained to a tree. Besides her head fly an owl and a bat. For her on the floor is the open Gospel, referring to the comfort she finds in faith. The personification of Discord (Discordia) lies at her feet, she has time on her side (symbolized by the hourglass in her hands). Around scenes of murder and robbery. Right, a woman is with child attacked by two soldiers. Left two dead children and a
Allegory patience during the period of war Political allegory patience during the time of the Eighty Years War, ca. 1577. the female personification of patience (patientia), represented as a naked woman is chained to a tree. Besides her head fly an owl and a bat. For her on the floor is the open Gospel, referring to the comfort she finds in faith. The personification of Discord (Discordia) lies at her feet, she has time on her side (symbolized by the hourglass in her hands). Around scenes of murder and robbery. Right, a woman is with child attacked by two soldiers. Left two dead children and a lamb, a third child is attacked by a lion. In the background, on the other bank of the river, a burning city. Right corner of the sky the tetragrammaton the Father as a symbol of God. In the margin a six-line poem in Dutch, Latin and Frans. Manufacturer : printmaker Who: rixnaar design: Marten de Vos (listed building) Editor: Peeter Baltens (listed property) Place manufacture: Antwerp Date: 1577 - 1578 Physical characteristics: engra material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) Measurements: plate edge: h 324 mm × W 405 mm Subject: Patience; "Patienza '(Ripa) Disagreement, Discord; 'Discordia' (Ripa) the Bible as a bookhorrors or warallegorical representations of the effects of time tetragrammaton (in Roman script or Hebrew) ~ symbol of God the Fatherowlsflying mammals: batTachtigjarige War
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