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Personifications and Allegories

Intricate artistic representations of personified themes like truth, memory, and virtue, often featuring dramatic figures and symbolic elements, popular in classical art.

Bleyswijck, François van, Leiden, The Christian entirely about the catechism, Title page for: Johannes van der Kemp, The Christian entirely and entirely the property of Christ in life and death, shows in fifty-three sermons about the Heidelberg catechism, Rotterdam, Allegory with female personifications of, among other things, the truth and virtues and vices, verso center bottom - stamped, Allegory with female personifications and possibly battle between virtues and vices. The personification of truth sits on a cloud with in her hands a horn of plenty and a globe with the word veritas. A seated woman with attributes such as a cross and anchor steps with her feet on a half-naked reclining woman who is holding a monstrance. Three seated women with, a censer, arrows and bows and a scorpion look at the appearance of the truth., print, prints, height 186 mm, width 146 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1671-05-24 - 1746-10-15, print maker, printmaker, 1681 - 1746, fourth quarter 17th century, first
Bleyswijck, François van, Leiden, The Christian entirely about the catechism, Title page for: Johannes van der Kemp, The Christian entirely and entirely the property of Christ in life and death, shows in fifty-three sermons about the Heidelberg catechism, Rotterdam, Allegory with female personifications of, among other things, the truth and virtues and vices, verso center bottom - stamped, Allegory with female personifications and possibly battle between virtues and vices. The personification of truth sits on a cloud with in her hands a horn of plenty and a globe with the word veritas. A seated woman with attributes such as a cross and anchor steps with her feet on a half-naked reclining woman who is holding a monstrance. Three seated women with, a censer, arrows and bows and a scorpion look at the appearance of the truth., print, prints, height 186 mm, width 146 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1671-05-24 - 1746-10-15, print maker, printmaker, 1681 - 1746, fourth quarter 17th century, first
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Geografia surrounded by the seventeen provinces; Title page for: Germania Inferior Sive XVII ProvinciaRum Geographice Generales UT ET Parts Partly Tabulae, 1684. The statue of Geografia (Passer and World Globe) is on a base and is surrounded by the personnifications of the seventeen provinces. A number of these personifications keep the weapon of a province in hand.
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Lebey de Batilly, Denis, Frankfurt am Main, Bry, Theodor de, Boissard, Jean Jacques, Denis Lebey de Batilly, Emblemata, 1596, VANAE SAPIENTIAE STVDIVM, Owl in a study room, verso - stamped, An owl sits on a round usher in a study room. In the wall are two statues in niches and on the floor is a shield and a vase., print, book illustration, emblem, prints, height 75 mm, width 85 mm, South Netherlands, 1528 - 1598-03-27, print maker, printmaker, 1596 - 1596, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1528 - 1598, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, writer
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Amsterdam, Oosterwyk, Johannes van, Hem, Carel van der, Coat of arms of Gerbrand Pancras Michielsz, verso - stamped, A family coat of arms with four stars flanked by Minerva and a seated female half-nude. At the bottom two putti by a reclining lion. At the top the coat of arms of Amsterdam with a crown. At the bottom and verso the dedication to Gerbrant Pancras Michielsz., print, prints, height 175 mm, width 219 mm, height 311 mm, width 227 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1722 - 1722, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), letterpress printing, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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Two men and a snail, 1596 print Two men see a large snail with a snail house on a road. Frankfurt am Main paper engraving molluscs: snail. traffic and transport (+ traffic on land)