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Allegories of the Four Continents

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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

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

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

Probable Allegory of Fame with spoils of war.

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Allegory of Painting

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

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

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..."

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

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

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

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

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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