Caption

Merit and Servitude, Attributes of the Soul, print, Two representations of personifications. Left: Merit (Meritum) as a bearded man with a scepter and a book. Right: Servitude (Servitus) as a woman with a yoke on her shoulders. Both depictions with two lines of Italian verse in the lower margin., printmaker: Raffaello Schiaminossi, Italy, 1605, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone, height 155 mm x width 223 mm, This print is part of the series 'Attributi dell'Anima', consisting of twelve personifications printed from six plates., city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, yoke, Merit, 'Merito' (Ripa) (personification), The image shows two vertical panels side by side, each containing a standing figure rendered in detailed black ink lines on a pale background; the left figure is an older bearded man wearing a long robe and a leafy wreath on his head, holding a staff in one hand and a rectangular object in the other while standing on a rocky base with small plants around him, and the right figure is a woman with curly hair wearing a flowing dress, holding a curved object across her shoulders and standing on a rocky ground with distant landscape elements behind her; both panels include horizontal lined sky shading and decorative vegetation at the edges, and a wide blank margin surrounds the panels.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B37_132

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42.0Mb (12.4Mb) / 14.9in x 11.0in / 4463 x 3287 (300dpi)

Keywords

Merit Servitude Attributes Soul print Two representations personifications Left Meritum bearded man scepter book Right Servitus woman yoke shoulders depictions two lines Italian verse lower margin printmaker Raffaello Schiaminossi Italy 1605 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique plate tone height 155 mm x width 223 mm part series Attributi dell'Anima consisting twelve personifications printed six plates city-view landscape man- constructions Merito Ripa personification image two vertical panels side side containing standing figure rendered detailed black ink lines pale background left figure older bearded man wearing long robe leafy wreath head holding staff hand rectangular object standing rocky base small plants right figure curly hair wearing flowing dress curved object across rocky ground distant landscape elements panels include horizontal lined sky shading decorative vegetation edges wide blank margin surrounds panels