War triumphal wagon, 1578 print Allegory of the causes and consequences of the war. The personification of the war (Bellum) drives on a victory drawn by four horses, a procession of personifications of things preceding the outbreak of the war in the front. From the top of the mountains comes a procession with heroes and famous army commanders from the Old Testament. On the left the land and the sea plagued by war. In the clouds the personification of the victory (Victoria) with a laurel wreath. In the cartouche at the top left a Latin text. paper engraving symbols, allegories of war; 'Guerra'
War triumphal wagon, 1578 print Allegory of the causes and consequences of the war. The personification of the war (Bellum) drives on a victory drawn by four horses, a procession of personifications of things preceding the outbreak of the war in the front. From the top of the mountains comes a procession with heroes and famous army commanders from the Old Testament. On the left the land and the sea plagued by war. In the clouds the personification of the victory (Victoria) with a laurel wreath. In the cartouche at the top left a Latin text. paper engraving symbols, allegories of war; 'Guerra' (Ripa)
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