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

Emblem 153

Pursued by bees, Cupid flees to his mother Venus

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• In Alciatus' Emblemata the motto of the emblem is: "Dulcia quandoque amara fieri"
• Related emblem in another book: embmne_mig1591_emblem111

Iconclass

• 25F711(BEE)(+53) insects: bee (+ postures, positions of animal(s))
• 25G13 groups of plants (herbs)
• 25H11 mountains
• 26A clouds
• 31AA2351 sitting on the ground - AA - female human figure
• 31A2511(+934) arm raised upward (+ reaching for somebody or something, seizing something, touching)
• 31A2512(+933) arm stretched forward (+ holding something)
• 31AA2512(+932) arm stretched forward - AA - both arms or hands (+ addressing)
• 31A25552(+932) index finger forwards, pointing, indicating (+ addressing)
• 31AA2626(+55) sitting or lying with one leg stretched forward and the other leg drawn up - AA - female human figure (+ sitting on the ground)
• 31A2762 flying
• 31A3420 sweet taste, represented allegorically or symbolically
• 31A3450 bitter taste, represented allegorically or symbolically
• 31B6211 looking upwards
• 31D1221(+89)
• 31D15 adult woman
• 33B9 flight, running away; pursuing
• 41A17 farm (building)
• 41D211(+82) dress, gown (+ women's clothes)
• 41D2332(+82) shoes, sandals (+ women's clothes)
• 41D27(+82) drapery, draped garment, 'Gewandgebung' (+ women's clothes)
• 47I242 bee-hive
• 54A7(+4):51GG1(+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)❧Littleness, Smallness (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 56B1(+4) Pleasure, Enjoyment, Joy; 'Allegrezza', 'Allegrezza da le medaglie', 'Allegrezza, letitia e giubilo', 'Diletto', 'Piacere', 'Piacere honesto' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 56BB1(+4) Pain, Sorrow, Sadness; 'Dolore', 'Dolore di Zeusi' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 86(FEL IN MELLE) proverbs, sayings, etc. (FEL IN MELLE)
• 92C4 (story of) Venus (Aphrodite)
• 92D1621(+0) crying Cupid, surrounded by bees, runs or clings to his mother Venus to be soothed (+ variant)
• 92D18(BOW) attributes of Cupid: bow

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem153
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem153
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667