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Allegories of the Four Continents

6 pp

H x W x D (c): 3.2 x 25.9 x 26.8 cm (1 1/4 x 10 3/16 x 10 9/16 in.)

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Allegory for Garden Fountains

1 pp

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 America

1 pp

H x W x D: 3.4 × 29.2 × 23.8 cm (1 5/16 × 11 1/2 × 9 3/8 in.)

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Allegory of Fame

1 pp

Probable Allegory of Fame with spoils of war.

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Allegory of Painting

1 pp

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

1 pp

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

1 pp

11.2 × 6.3 cm (4 7/16 × 2 1/2 in.)

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

1 pp

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

1 pp

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 justice with sword and scales

1 pp

An allegory of justice. Robed female figure holds a sword upright in her left hand and a set of scales in her right.

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Allegory of the Four Elements - Air

1 pp

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

1 pp

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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Allegory for Garden Fountains

Allegory of America

Allegory of Fame

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Allegory of Painting and Ornament

Allegory of Time

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

Allegory of Transience

Allegory of justice with sword and scales

Allegory of the Four Elements - Air

Allegory of the Four Elements - Earth