Caption
Honor and Liberty, Attributes of the Soul, print, Two representations of personifications. Left: Honor (Honor) as a woman with the horn of plenty (cornucopia). Right: Liberty (Libertas) as a woman with a hat and a scepter. Both representations with two lines of Italian verse in the lower margin., printmaker: Raffaello Schiaminossi, Italy, c. 1605, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone, height 151 mm x width 235 mm, This print is part of the series 'Attributi dell'Anima', consisting of twelve personifications printed from six plates., Honour, Glory, 'Ampiezza della Gloria', 'Gloria', 'Gloria de prencipi', 'Gloria & Honore', 'Honore', 'Sublimatà della Gloria' (Ripa), 'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty, Freedom, Liberty, 'Libertà' (Ripa), Two vertical panels show standing female figures framed by engraved borders. The left figure wears flowing robes and a cloak that billows behind her, holds a staff in one hand and a curved horn filled with flowers in the other, and stands with one foot on a rounded stone while a discarded helmet lies near her feet; clouds and distant landscape appear behind her. The right figure also wears draped garments and a cloak, holds a small rod in one hand and a wide-brimmed hat suspended by cords in the other, and stands on a mound with a bare branch rising beside her against a sky with horizontal shading. The engraving is detailed with fine crosshatching and decorative edge lines.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B37_130
License type
Rights managed
Available size
36.1Mb (11.0Mb) / 14.5in x 9.7in / 4359 x 2898 (300dpi)