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

Emblem 171

Aeneas carrying his father Anchises from burning Troy

Pietas filiorum in parentesLatin

The devotion of sons towards their parents

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25H133 beach
25H23 sea (seascape)
26A clouds
31A2321 leaning forward
31A235 sitting figure
31AA2511(+933) arm raised upward - AA - both arms or hands (+ holding something)
31AA25171(+933) arm bent behind the back - AA - both arms or hands (+ holding something)
31AA2544 gripping someone by the head - AA - both arms or hands
31A26122 sitting with legs bent, side by side
31A2711 walking
31A534 beard
31D14 adult man
31D16 old man
41B162 smoke
41B4:25I12 on fire, ablaze❧prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city
41D211(+81) dress, gown (+ men's clothes)
41D233(+81) gear for legs and feet (+ men's clothes)
42B40 'Pietà de figliuoli verso il padre' (Ripa)
42B43 rescuing parents (in particular carrying on the back)
45C22 armour
46C1271 carrying a person on one's back
46C24(+63) sailing-ship, sailing-boat (+ under way, at sea (~ travelling))
86(PIETAS FILIORUM IN PARENTES) proverbs, sayings, etc. (PIETAS FILIORUM IN PARENTES)
96B113 'Pius Aeneas': Aeneas, leading Ascanius, escapes from burning Troy, carrying his father Anchises with the Penates; his wife Creusa, who sets out with them, is lost on the way

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem171
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem171
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667