Emblem of a Dead Lion, Jan Goeree, 1758 print A vignette with the personification of poetry, together with a few putti. They sit around a pedestal with a performance with a dead lion on which flying around swarms. The emblem bears the motto: "Hinc Utile Hinc Dulce" (from here it is sweet). Amsterdam paper engraving proverbs, sayings, Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ emblematical representation of concept). symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ poetry; 'Poesia' (Ripa). cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

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