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Allegorical Figures around a Sphinx
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Allegorical Figures around a Sphinx

Jan Wandelaar · 1721 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Crowd of allegorical figures around a sphinx on a pedestal. On the left History and a writing female personification crowned with a tower. Father Time unrolls a paper, in the air Fame. On the right Truth: a naked woman with a book and the sun on her head. Behind her Minerva, who pushes a devilish figure into the earth with her spear.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printsphinx (lion/woman)'Sfinge' (Ripa)Truth'Verità' (Ripa)'Historia''Historia' (Ripa)Fame
Credit lineAllegorische figuren rond een sfinx. 1721. Jan Wandelaar. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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