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Sanguine Temperament
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Sanguine Temperament

Harmen Jansz Muller · 1566 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Jupiter, with thunderbolt and eagle, and Venus, with arrow and Amor, sit in the sky and represent the planets of the same name. Above them stand three signs of the zodiac: Libra, Gemini and Aquarius, which fit the element air. Below them, on earth, the people, who have a sanguine temperament: elegant love couples, bathing and dancing people in the outdoors. At the bottom of the margin a text in Latin about the sanguines and the corresponding planets.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineSanguinisch temperament. 1566. Harmen Jansz Muller. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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