Fortuna. La Fortuna Accompagnata con la Virtu. - Antique Print from 1590

C1590

Fortuna. La Fortuna Accompagnata con la …

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C.16th emblem of fortune represented by Caduceus. Caduceus is a symbol with a short staff entwined by two serpents, sometimes surmounted by wings while the Rod of Asclepius is the one with a single snake. The cornucopia is a representation … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Fortuna. La Fortuna Accompagnata con la Virtu.

Date:

C1590

Artist:

Andrea Alciato (1492 - 1550)

Condition:

Small repaired tear at right sheet edge, age toned, otherwise in good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured woodcut.

Image Size:

98mm

x 155mm

Paper Size:

125mm

x 188mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1590

Description:

C.16th emblem of fortune represented by Caduceus.

Caduceus is a symbol with a short staff entwined by two serpents, sometimes surmounted by wings while the Rod of Asclepius is the one with a single snake. The cornucopia is a representation of the horn of Amalthea the she-goat that suckled the infant Jupiter. Her horn became the cornucopia, the horn of plenty.

Andrea Alciato (1492 - 1550)

Known as was an Italian jurist and writer. He is regarded as the founder of the French school of legal humanists. He is most famous for his Emblemata, first published in 1531. This collection of short Latin verse texts and accompanying woodcuts created an entire European genre, the emblem book,

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