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

Emblem 185

Labour is seated in a chariot drawn by ants; Idleness crouches next to the chariot, hungry

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Compare: Per.100
• http://www.mun.ca/alciato/whit/w175.html

Iconclass

• 25F711(ANT)(+56) insects: ant (+ postures of hind leg(s) of animal(s))
• 25G21(+1) fruits (+ plants used symbolically)
• 25G3 trees
• 26A clouds
• 31AA233 kneeling figure - AA - female human figure
• 31AA2352 sitting on an elevation - AA - female human figure
• 31AA244 head bent forward; bowing - AA - female human figure
• 31AA247 looking over the shoulder - AA - female human figure
• 31A2512(+9271) arm stretched forward (+ chastising)
• 31A2512(+933) arm stretched forward (+ holding something)
• 31A2515(+933) arm held downwards (+ holding something)
• 31AA2516(+931) arm or hand held in front of the body - AA - both arms or hands (+ indicating, pointing at)
• 31A25551 index finger upwards
• 31A25552 index finger forwards, pointing, indicating
• 31AA2621(+53) one leg in front of the other - AA - female human figure (+ sitting)
• 31B6212 looking downwards
• 31B6213 looking sideways
• 31B6214 weeping
• 31D50
• 41D211(+82) dress, gown (+ women's clothes)
• 41D233(+82) gear for legs and feet (+ women's clothes)
• 43A(+12) festivities (+ wreath, garland ~ festive activities)
• 43A421 chariot, triumphal car
• 46A170 Labour
• 46C1444 four-wheeled vehicle drawn by more than three animals
• 46C1463(+0) whip (+ variant)
• 47I1111 ears of corn
• 47I2111(+9332):47I(+915) bull (+ antlers; horn)❧agriculture, cattle-breeding, horticulture, flowerculture, etc. (+ ornamental variants of animals)
• 47I2141(+9332):47I(+9154) he-goat, billy-goat (+ antlers; horn)❧agriculture, cattle-breeding, horticulture, flowerculture, etc. (+ symmetrically placed ornamental animals, divided by a (human) figure or an object)
• 54A46(+4) Rest; 'Quiete' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 85(ANT AND GRASSHOPPER) fables (ANT AND GRASSHOPPER)
• 86(OTIOSI SEMPER EGENTES) proverbs, sayings, etc. (OTIOSI SEMPER EGENTES)
• 92B11221 'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem185
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem185
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667