Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo and the personifications of Science, Statecraft, and Care
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Pedestal in the form of a cartouche. On it a medallion with on the front the portrait of Agostino Barbarigo with a doge's hat. On the back the female personification of Venice, surrounded by weapons and holding a sword in her hands. Next to her the lion of Saint Mark. The pedestal is surrounded by three more personifications. On the left Science, a youth sitting before an open book by a lamp. Behind him a rooster. Next to him Reason of State dressed in a cuirass with a skirt underneath decorated with eyes and ears. With a stick she breaks the sleeping heads of her single moonflowers from their stems. Her left arm rests on the head of a lion. On the right stands the female personification of Carefulness with in her right hand a sprig of thyme on which a bee flies. In her left hand an almond branch and a walnut branch. At her feet a rooster. The print is part of an album.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description