dpd_1740
Personification of Peace as a woman with a torch held upside down and an olive-branch; she is resting on attributes, among which fasces, shield, and banner; decorated frame
PAX CERTA MELIOR QVAM SPERATA VICTORIA (LA)
Iconclass notations
21C
fire (one of the four elements)
25G3(OLIVE-TREE)(+22)
trees: olive-tree (+ branch, stick)
31AA2352
sitting on an elevation - AA - female human figure
41B11
kindling a fire
41BB32
torch - BB - torch held upside down
44G(+35)
law and jurisprudence (+ 'fasces cum securibus')
45A20:5(+11)
symbols, allegories of peace, 'Pax'; 'Pace' (Ripa)❧Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ abstract concept represented by female figure)
45C19(SHIELD)
protective weapons: shield
45D1
(military) flags and standards
48A98(+2)
ornaments ~ art (+ framing decorations)
48A9832
fruits and vegetables ~ ornament
48A9875
ornament ~ festoon, garland
48A9876
ornament ~ cartouche
48C7352
horn, trumpet, cornet, trombone, tuba
49L8
inscription
86(PAX CERTA MELIOR QUAM SPERATA VICTORIA)
proverbs, sayings, etc. (PAX CERTA MELIOR QUAM SPERATA VICTORIA)
86(TYPUS PACIS)
proverbs, sayings, etc. (TYPUS PACIS)