Truth shows a writer the birth of Venus, Gilliam van der Gouwen, after Gerard de Lairesse, 1688 print The personification of truth shows an oval medallion to a woman who writes in a book. In the medallion a representation of the birth of Venus. Behind them a piercing stable with the title of the book. On the pedestal the bust of Diana van Ephese. In the background, Diana drives through the air on her triumphal wagon. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching Truth; 'Verità ' (Ripa). birth of Venus; Venus Anadyomene: after Uranus' castration Venus rises from the sea wringing the water from her hair;
Truth shows a writer the birth of Venus, Gilliam van der Gouwen, after Gerard de Lairesse, 1688 print The personification of truth shows an oval medallion to a woman who writes in a book. In the medallion a representation of the birth of Venus. Behind them a piercing stable with the title of the book. On the pedestal the bust of Diana van Ephese. In the background, Diana drives through the air on her triumphal wagon. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching Truth; 'Verità ' (Ripa). birth of Venus; Venus Anadyomene: after Uranus' castration Venus rises from the sea wringing the water from her hair; usually she is awaited by the Hours. (story of) Jupiter (Zeus). (story of) Diana (Artemis). 'Natura' (allegorical figure or scene; or as Diana of Ephesus, with many breasts); 'Natura' (Ripa)
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