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Allegorical Representation with Hercules Trampling Cupid
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Allegorical Representation with Hercules Trampling Cupid

Jacob Folkema · 1719 - 1767 · etching; paper

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

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The personification of Temperance sits with her horse bit next to Minerva on a cloud. Together they try to call the figures on the ground to order. To the left of the cloud stands a man who wants to attack Temperance and Minerva with a sword. In the foreground stands Hercules at Pride: a naked woman with a peacock in her arms. Hercules kicks Amor to the ground here. In the foreground lies a card game and a winged devil figure stands on a bag of money. In the margin a seven-line verse in French.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineAllegorische voorstelling met Hercules die Amor vertrapt. 1719 - 1767. Jacob Folkema. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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