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Allegory of Eternal Life
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Allegory of Eternal Life, in a rocaille frame. In a landscape to the left stands Apollo with arrow and bow and a lyre. To his right sits an old man writing. In the background stands a pyramid, before which sits an old woman next to four winged putti climbing a staircase. In the center of the landscape the Ouroboros, the snake biting its own tail. In the lower margin twice a four-line German and Latin text. Publisher's number 26.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineAllegorie van het eeuwig leven. 1745. Johann Gottfried Haid. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.