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Allegorical Frontispiece

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Sheet: 62.8 × 45.1 cm (24 3/4 × 17 3/4 in.)

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A print and lettered verse representing Aurora, Greek and Roman goddess of dawn. She is depicted in her horse-drawn chariot in a central framed vignette supported by a basket of flowers, held up by putti, flanked by female winged herms, holding watering jugs, with strapwork, shell, acanthus, and margent ornanement and a central mascaron below. Above is the descriptive verse lettered within a frame

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Allegorical Scene with Minerva and Apollo

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An allegorical print depicting two winged putti pulling aside drapery to reveal roundel with a female nude figure standing amongst clouds, gesturing to the sun. Below, flanking the roundel are the figures of Minerva, Apollo, and a winged putto sitting on a cartouche framed by two mascarons within acanthus leaf ornament. Text is lettered above the scene within a shell-like motif, decorated with a m

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Allegorical Temple Design and Ornamented Gueridons

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Page containing two plates printed on it. The top plate is of an allegorical temple topped with a giant crown held aloft by a unicorn and a lion, and adorned with statues of horn-blowing angels and trophies. In the apse is a statue of a woman with a flame over her head, holding a chalice in one hand and a cross and shield in another. She stands above snakes and a man. This plate is signed and give

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Allegorical representation of the wedding of a member of the von Ringles family in Strasburg with a von Hengel

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Vertical oval within vertical rectangle. A man at left and a woman at right hold a clock at center. Over man's head a genius holds a shield with a rooster on a ring; over the woman's head another holds a shield with two crossed hoes. Conventionalized leaf border.

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Allegory for Garden Fountains

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A print depicting the Roman god of seasons and plant growth, Vertumnus, seated on a fountain next to a water nymph with a basket of flowers in between them, flanked by three winged putti. Behind them a descriptive text is lettered on a large shell cartouche, decorated with acanthus leaf scrolls and a putto holding water reeds.

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Allegory of Painting

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Scene of Painting, personfied as a woman in costume from antiquity, surrounded by putti and attributes of the arts. The plate is signed.

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Allegory of Painting and Ornament

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An allegorical print depicting the genius of painting. A winged male figure sits painting ornament on a panel in the foreground with a standing female figure behind him holding a palette and paint brushes. Several putti surround them, including a flying putto holding a basket of flowers above his head. A Triumphal arch behind them with the figure of Apollo and his muses and a Pegasus in the backgr

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Allegory of Time and Old Age, plate 32 of "Iconographia Complectens In Se Passionen..."

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An old man is in middle foreground sitting under a tree. In his left hand an hour-glass; his right hand rests on a cane. Under his left foot a skull. In background, houses and figures at right.

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Allegory of Transience

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Scene of two shepherds and a boy among classical ruins. At right, a kneeling male figure wearing a turban crouches near a quiver of arrows. To his right, a standing figure with a shepherd's staff points his right hand towards an inscription on a curved wall. At right, a small boy in a cape holds a finger to his mouth. Behind him, a woman washes the face of a man (possibly a sculpture). Standing on

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Allegory of the Four Elements - Air

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Vignette of a man and a woman in a landscape. The man stands on a ladder leaned against a trip, holding out a small nest of baby birds to a woman who gathers them in a cloth. In the background is a bird house, with birds flying around it through the air. The plate is trimmed and only the plate number is visible.

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Allegory of the Four Elements - Earth

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Vignette of a man and a woman in a verdant landscape. The man holds a rake in his right hand and hands a small bouquet of flowers to a woman, who gathers other flowers in a cloth. The plate is trimmed and only the plate number is visible.

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Allegorical representation of the wedding of a member of the von Ringles family in Strasburg with a von Hengel

Allegory for Garden Fountains

Allegory of Painting

Allegory of Painting and Ornament

Allegory of Time and Old Age, plate 32 of "Iconographia Complectens In Se Passionen..."

Allegory of Transience

Allegory of the Four Elements - Air

Allegory of the Four Elements - Earth