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

Emblem 154

Pursued by bees, Cupid runs to his mother Venus

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• To Petrarch's Laura?
• Related emblem in another book: embmne_mig1591_emblem112

Iconclass

• 25F31(+5262) groups of birds (+ flying animal(s))
• 25F711(BEE)(+53) insects: bee (+ postures, positions of animal(s))
• 25G13 groups of plants (herbs)
• 25G3(+21) trees (+ stem, trunk)
• 25H11 mountains
• 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city
• 26A clouds
• 31AA2321 leaning forward - AA - female human figure
• 31A2512(+932) arm stretched forward (+ addressing)
• 31AA2512(+934) arm stretched forward - AA - both arms or hands (+ reaching for somebody or something, seizing something, touching)
• 31A2515(+932) arm held downwards (+ addressing)
• 31A25552(+932) index finger forwards, pointing, indicating (+ addressing)
• 31A2621(+51) one leg in front of the other (+ standing)
• 31AA2621(+51) one leg in front of the other - AA - female human figure (+ standing)
• 31A3420 sweet taste, represented allegorically or symbolically
• 31A3450 bitter taste, represented allegorically or symbolically
• 31B6211 looking upwards
• 31B6212 looking downwards
• 31D11221(+89) boy (child between toddler and youth) (+ nude human being)
• 31D15 adult woman
• 33B9 flight, running away; pursuing
• 41D211(+82) dress, gown (+ women's clothes)
• 41D2339 barefoot
• 41D27 drapery, draped garment, 'Gewandgebung'
• 47I2431 bee-tree
• 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)
• 61BB2(..., Laura)3
• 61BB2(NOVES, Laura de)3 historical person (NOVES, Laura de) - BB - woman - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (NOVES, Laura de)
• 82AA(LAURA) female literary characters (LAURA)
• 86(FERE SIMILE EX THEOCRITO) proverbs, sayings, etc. (FERE SIMILE EX THEOCRITO)
• 92C4 (story of) Venus (Aphrodite)
• 92D1(+0) (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros) (+ variant)
• 92D162 Cupid stung by a bee while stealing honey, or while picking a rose; 'l'Amour piqué'
• 92D1621 crying Cupid, surrounded by bees, runs or clings to his mother Venus to be soothed

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem154
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem154
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667