Allegory on the human nature, Jan Saenredam, After Cornelis Ketel, 1580 - 1607 print Beneficentia, the personification of beneficency, sits on a chair and is stabbed from behind by evil in the form of a naked man. A knee of the man leans on a skull and a snake that bites in his own tail as a symbol of eternity, hangs around his right leg. On the right is a coffin. With her left hand, Beneficentia gives the sun to the naked man. She gives the moon to the woman for her. Between them lies a tied lion that licks a dog. A mouse gnaws at its rope. A few obelisks in the background. The show has an or
Allegory on the human nature, Jan Saenredam, After Cornelis Ketel, 1580 - 1607 print Beneficentia, the personification of beneficency, sits on a chair and is stabbed from behind by evil in the form of a naked man. A knee of the man leans on a skull and a snake that bites in his own tail as a symbol of eternity, hangs around his right leg. On the right is a coffin. With her left hand, Beneficentia gives the sun to the naked man. She gives the moon to the woman for her. Between them lies a tied lion that licks a dog. A mouse gnaws at its rope. A few obelisks in the background. The show has an ornamental frame. On the left, the personification of fertility is a child who is brought to life as a symbol of the good as a symbol of the good. On the right a child is gestured that receives his breath from evil. At the top left, a woman breasts a child. At the top right, a woman feeds a child with a spoon. paper engraving Bad, Evil, Wrong. Good, Right. beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion. moon as celestial body. sun as celestial body. fertility. (story of) Apollo (Phoebus). nursing, suckling
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