Allegorical title page with portrait medallion of Virgil Title page for A Mascardi, Silvarium libri IV Antwerp, 1622 On a stone slab resting a portrait medallion of Virgil. On both sides of the stone two geni with winch, and double-flute. Both symbolize the poetry. Among the stone cartouche with a pegasus and next two masks, perhaps a reference to the name of the auteur. Manufacturer : printmaker: Theodoor Galle (listed property) to painting by Peter Paul Rubens (listed building) Publisher: Officina Plantiniana (shown on object) Place manufacture: Antwerpen Date: 1622 Physical characteristics:
Allegorical title page with portrait medallion of Virgil Title page for A Mascardi, Silvarium libri IV Antwerp, 1622 On a stone slab resting a portrait medallion of Virgil. On both sides of the stone two geni with winch, and double-flute. Both symbolize the poetry. Among the stone cartouche with a pegasus and next two masks, perhaps a reference to the name of the auteur. Manufacturer : printmaker: Theodoor Galle (listed property) to painting by Peter Paul Rubens (listed building) Publisher: Officina Plantiniana (shown on object) Place manufacture: Antwerpen Date: 1622 Physical characteristics: engra material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) Measurements: plate edge: h 192 mm × W 133 mmToelichtingTitelpagina for: A. Mascardi, Silvarium libri IV. Antwerp, ex officina Plantiniana 1622. Subject: Genii (Roman tutelary spirits); 'Genio' (RIPA) symbolic representations, ALLEGORIES and emblems ~ poetry; 'Poesia' (Ripa) mask, mascaron ~ ornament Pegasus, the winged horseWie: Publius Virgil Maro
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