Geffrey Whitney, A choice of emblemes (Leiden, 1586)

Emblem 69

Cupid rides a chariot drawn by two lions

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Related emblem in another book: embmne_mig1591_emblem105

Iconclass

• 25F23(LION)(+547) beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion (+ animal looking over the shoulder)
• 25F23(LION)(+56) beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion (+ postures of hind leg(s) of animal(s))
• 25H112 rocks
• 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city
• 26A clouds
• 31A2352 sitting on an elevation
• 31A2511(+933) arm raised upward (+ holding something)
• 31A2512(+933) arm stretched forward (+ holding something)
• 31A2621(+53) one leg in front of the other (+ sitting)
• 31B6212 looking downwards
• 31D12(+89) youth, young man, adolescent (+ nude human being)
• 46C131613 reins
• 46C1422 two-wheeled vehicle drawn by two animals
• 46C1463 whip
• 54A7(+4):56F2(+4) Strength, Power; 'Fortezza', 'Fortezza d'Animo e di corpo', 'Fortezza del corpo congiunta con la generosità dell'animo', 'Fortezza & valore del corpo congiunto con la prudenza & virtù del animo', 'Forza' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)❧(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 86(POTENTISSIMUS AFFECTUS AMOR) proverbs, sayings, etc. (POTENTISSIMUS AFFECTUS AMOR)
• 92D151 Cupid disarming the strong; the Power of Love

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem069
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem069
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667