Ornamental frame with poetry and painting, Bernard Picart (workshop of), After Bernard Picart, 1732 print Ornamental frame with the title in French, flanked by poetry and painting. A canvas is tied to the mouth with painting. This refers to Horatius' ut Pictura Poesis (poetry is like painting). The frame has been awarded a cartouche in which Amor. Under the frame a cartouche in which a woman with wall crown (cybele?). This cartouche is flanked by death as a skeleton and an old man who has just awakened. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving title-page. symbolic representations, allegories and em
Ornamental frame with poetry and painting, Bernard Picart (workshop of), After Bernard Picart, 1732 print Ornamental frame with the title in French, flanked by poetry and painting. A canvas is tied to the mouth with painting. This refers to Horatius' ut Pictura Poesis (poetry is like painting). The frame has been awarded a cartouche in which Amor. Under the frame a cartouche in which a woman with wall crown (cybele?). This cartouche is flanked by death as a skeleton and an old man who has just awakened. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving title-page. symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ poetry; 'Poesia' (Ripa). 'Pictura', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ painting; 'Pittura' (Ripa). (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros). specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Cybele; Cybele as patroness. Death as skeleton. waking up
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