Fan leaf of parchment (?) On which with tempera at the front a 'Floralia' with Vestalian virgins and on the back a medallion with two playing, naked children and a poem, between two Cornucopias, birds and butterflies, anonymous, c. 1700 Saddle leaf of parchment (?) On which a representation has been painted on both sides with tempera. Front: leaf -filling performance, in which a Vestal Vargd, an incense vestal, is central to a golden barrel. The composition seems to have been made up of two parts: on the left, an architectural environment with perspectivic view of a walled garden with a shell
Fan leaf of parchment (?) On which with tempera at the front a 'Floralia' with Vestalian virgins and on the back a medallion with two playing, naked children and a poem, between two Cornucopias, birds and butterflies, anonymous, c. 1700 Saddle leaf of parchment (?) On which a representation has been painted on both sides with tempera. Front: leaf -filling performance, in which a Vestal Vargd, an incense vestal, is central to a golden barrel. The composition seems to have been made up of two parts: on the left, an architectural environment with perspectivic view of a walled garden with a shell -shaped fountain and in the background buildings and mountains; Right, a garden with pond (?) And mountains in the background. In the Kollonade on the left, the abundance appears with a horn of abundance in her hand in the direction of the women, who bring flowers and wreaths to the image of Flora, which in a niche between the buses of an unknown god and of The goddess Artemis/Diana is placed. To the right of the sacrificial virgin is a sad -looking woman, the melancholy (daughter of Kronos/Saturn) watching two dancing children who cannot assemble her. She is seated on an octagonal stone, which refers to the fact that Saturn is also the god of geometry. On the left on the Vorgrond is precious vascular work and a small water with flowering plants can be seen on the right. The show is surrounded by a narrow golden edge with shell motifs and gridwork. The elaboration of the foreground is the own invention of the painter, the rest is to Abraham Burea (engraver) engraving 'aetas aurea' (published by Nicolaas Visscher, Amsterdam) by G. de Lairesse's painting 'L'Age d'Or' or ' The Golden Age ', which will be painted between 1667 and 1670. Bare presents 'the Golden Age' in the form of a Floralia; A feast in honor of the, originally Sabine goddess of fertility, Flora, who later became the Roman goddess of the grain, the wine and all blossoms. On April 28, 238 BC. her temple was initiate
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