Portrait of Hans von Aachen, Jan Saenredam, after Pieter Isaacsz., 1601 print Bust to the left of the artist Hans von Aachen with a pleated question in an oval frame. The frame contains a Latin edge with the names of the portrayed and the designer. The person portrayed holds his right hand in front of his chest. The list is contained in an ornamental, architectural frame with allegorical figures. Hercules or the personification is on the left. On the right is the personification of painting. Both figures pull the hair of Fortuna, which is on top of a globe. She holds a bulging sail. On either
Portrait of Hans von Aachen, Jan Saenredam, after Pieter Isaacsz., 1601 print Bust to the left of the artist Hans von Aachen with a pleated question in an oval frame. The frame contains a Latin edge with the names of the portrayed and the designer. The person portrayed holds his right hand in front of his chest. The list is contained in an ornamental, architectural frame with allegorical figures. Hercules or the personification is on the left. On the right is the personification of painting. Both figures pull the hair of Fortuna, which is on top of a globe. She holds a bulging sail. On either side of her male toros and putti with writing or drawing utensils. Left and right are painting supplies. Under the portrait a cartouche with a performance of Hercules on the Twee -Sprong (?) In a round medallion. paper engraving portrait, self-portrait of painter (+ portrait, self-portrait of artist). 'Pictura', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ painting; 'Pittura' (Ripa). Hercules at the cross-roads, 'Herkules am Scheidewege': the choice of Hercules. Fortuna as Roman personification
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