dpd_1330
A many-breasted woman (Cybele, Nature, Earth?), holding a Cornucopia and pointing upward with raised arm, is riding a lion which is led by a man with a spade and a scythe across his shoulder; following them is a second woman carrying a basket with agricultural products(?)(Ops?); behind the man a plough is pulled by oxen; a zodiac with the following signs: Leo, Scorpio, Libra, and Aquarius; sun and moon(?); hilly landscape; some flowers
LABOR DVX VITAE (LA)
Iconclass notations
20
'Natura' (allegorical figure or scene; or as Diana of Ephesus, with many breasts); 'Natura' (Ripa)
21B0
'Terra', 'Carro della terra' (Ripa)
22C32
light shining out of the heavens
23O12
Aquarius (zodiacal sign of January)
23O32
Leo (zodiacal sign of July)
23O33
Virgo (zodiacal sign of August)
23O41
Libra (zodiacal sign of September)
23O42
Scorpio (zodiacal sign of October)
23O43
Sagittarius (zodiacal sign of November)
24A8
sunlight
25F23(LION)(+5211)
beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion (+ walking animal)
25G41
flowers
25H114
low hill country
31A25552
index finger forwards, pointing, indicating
31A2711
walking
31D14
adult man
31D15
adult woman
41A7751
container made of plant material other than wood: basket
46A170:5(+12)
Labour❧Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ abstract concept represented by male figure)
46C1211
carrying something in basket, bag, rucksack, etc.
46C1215
carrying something on the head or on the shoulders
46C13187(+0)
leading a horse by the reins; rider beside his horse (+ variant)
46C132(+82)
riding on animal other than horse, ass, or mule (+ sitting on animal with both legs on one side, riding side-saddle)
47I15(PLOUGH)
agricultural implements: plough
47I15(SPADE)
agricultural implements: spade
47I17
agricultural products and by-products
47I21111
ox
49L8
inscription
92B11221
'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty
92L2
(story of) Cybele, Rhea Cybele, Great Mother of the Gods (Berecynt(h)ia)
96A26
Ops
86(LABOR DUX VITAE)
proverbs, sayings, etc. (LABOR DUX VITAE)