Caption
Luna, Luna with a Cancer (zodiac sign), Personifications of planets, print, Numbered lower right: VII., number: '52', printmaker: Virgilius Solis, Nuremberg, 1524 - 1562, Bavaria, paper, engraving, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 63 mm x width 112 mm, Part of a series of seven prints with personifications of the planets, zodiac signs, and depictions of stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses., moon as celestial body, chariot, triumphal car, Diana as moon-goddess, i.e. Luna (Selene), Cancer (zodiacal sign of June), A central robed female figure stands within a circular halo of cloud, holding a long spear in one hand and a crescent-shaped object in the other, with draped garments and loose hair. To the left, a partially nude male figure stands on a small boat or shell, leaning forward and pulling on a large fish or sea creature with a long pole, while coiling waves and sea serpents appear around the vessel. To the right, two partially nude figures sit at the water's edge in an embrace, one facing the other, with a small group of distant standing figures further back. The background shows a shoreline with trees, a rocky outcrop, and small buildings on the horizon, while large billowing clouds frame the scene and carved ornamental lines texture the sky and water.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B40_377
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