dpd_1927
An altar or pedestal with a burning fire; at one side of this altar a sitting woman, winged, holding a lance and a laurel (Virtue); at the other side a sitting woman, holding a column and holding a sword while her hand is in the fire (Constancy), a satyr; in the background: a naked man trying to climb a palm-tree
ARDVA QVAE PVLCHRA (LA)
Iconclass notations
12B62:11Q71427(+0)
altar ~ non-Christian religions❧altarlamp, altar fire (+ variant)
21C
fire (one of the four elements)
24A6
sun represented as face, wheel, etc.
25G3(LAUREL)(+22)
trees: laurel (+ branch, stick)
25G3(PALM-TREE)(+34)
trees: palm-tree (+ bearing fruit)
31AA2352
sitting on an elevation - AA - female human figure
31A25552
index finger forwards, pointing, indicating
31A2723
climbing
31D14(+89)
adult man (+ nude human being)
41A7211
stool
41B1
open fire (in general)
43A(+12)
festivities (+ wreath, garland ~ festive activities)
43B411
climbing up a tree
45C11(SPEAR)
casting weapons: spear
45C13(SWORD)
hacking and thrusting weapons: sword
48C161
column, pillar ~ architecture
49L8
inscription
53A21(+11)
Constancy, Tenacity; 'Costanza', 'Tenacità' (Ripa) (+ abstract concept represented by female figure)
54DD4(+4)
Difficulty (+ emblematical representation of concept)
57A6(+1131)
Virtuousness; 'Amor di Virtù', 'Attione virtuosa', 'Guida sicura de' veri honori', 'Virtù', 'Virtù insuperabile' (Ripa) (+ clothed with wings)
83(ERASMUS, Adagiorum chiliades II i 12)
(ERASMUS, Adagiorum chiliades II i 12) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title)
86(DIFFICILIA QUAE PULCHRA)(+0)
proverbs, sayings, etc. (DIFFICILIA QUAE PULCHRA) (+ variant)
92L41
satyr(s) (in general)
83(SCHOONHOVIUS, Emblemata LXXIV)
(SCHOONHOVIUS, Emblemata LXXIV) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title)
86(ARDUA QUAE PULCHRA)
proverbs, sayings, etc. (ARDUA QUAE PULCHRA)
86(ARDUA QUAE PULCHRA)
proverbs, sayings, etc. (ARDUA QUAE PULCHRA)