Intellect and vigilance, Raffaello Schiaminossi, c. 1605 print Two performances of personifications. Left: Intellect (intellectus) as a woman with a scepter and a burning crown. An eagle at her feet. Right: Vigilance (Vigilantia) as a woman with a book and an oil lamp. At her feet a crane, standing on one leg and with a stone in the claw raised. Both performances with two Italian verses in the lower margin. Italy paper etching 'Intellectus', 'Intelligentia', Understanding ~ one of the seven gifts of the Holy Ghost. Alertness, Vigilance; 'Guardia', 'Vigilanza', 'Vigilanza per difendersi & oppug
Intellect and vigilance, Raffaello Schiaminossi, c. 1605 print Two performances of personifications. Left: Intellect (intellectus) as a woman with a scepter and a burning crown. An eagle at her feet. Right: Vigilance (Vigilantia) as a woman with a book and an oil lamp. At her feet a crane, standing on one leg and with a stone in the claw raised. Both performances with two Italian verses in the lower margin. Italy paper etching 'Intellectus', 'Intelligentia', Understanding ~ one of the seven gifts of the Holy Ghost. Alertness, Vigilance; 'Guardia', 'Vigilanza', 'Vigilanza per difendersi & oppugnare altri' (Ripa) (+ personification). predatory birds: eagle. shore-birds and wading-birds: crane. oil-lamp
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