Allegory of eternal life Aeternitas (title object) Allegory of eternal life, in a rocaille frame. In a landscape is left Apollo with bow and arrow and a lyre. To his right sits an old man writing. In the background is a pyramid, for it is an old woman next four winged putti climb stairs. In the middle of the countryside, the Ouroboros, the snake bites its own tail. In the bottom margin twice a four-line German and Latin text. Publisher number 26. Manufacturer : print maker Johann Gottfried Haid (listed building) in its design: Johann Gottfried Haid (listed building) Publisher: Johann Georg Her
Allegory of eternal life Aeternitas (title object) Allegory of eternal life, in a rocaille frame. In a landscape is left Apollo with bow and arrow and a lyre. To his right sits an old man writing. In the background is a pyramid, for it is an old woman next four winged putti climb stairs. In the middle of the countryside, the Ouroboros, the snake bites its own tail. In the bottom margin twice a four-line German and Latin text. Publisher number 26. Manufacturer : print maker Johann Gottfried Haid (listed building) in its design: Johann Gottfried Haid (listed building) Publisher: Johann Georg Hertel (I) (listed building) Place manufacture: Augsburg Date: 1745 Physical features: etching material : paper Technique: etching dimensions: plate edge: h 327 mm × W 209 mm Subject: Eternity, 'Aeternitas; 'EternitÃ', 'o Eternità PerpetuitÃ' (RIPA) specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Apollo; Apollo as patron serpent Ouroboros
Size: 1294px × 1931px
Photo credit: © Art World / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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