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

Emblem 229

Sisyphus pushing his boulder uphill

Interminabilis humanae vitae laborLatin

The unending labour of human life

To M. Iohn Gostlinge

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25H11 mountains
25H1124 boulder, stone
25H113 (high) hill
31A2321 leaning forward
31A2512(+939) arm stretched forward (+ other neutral connotations)
31AA2512(+933) arm stretched forward - AA - both arms or hands (+ holding something)
31A26211 one leg in front of the other, walking position
31A2711 walking
31A2748 pushing something
31D14(+89) adult man (+ nude human being)
54D31(+4):46A170 Continuance (+ emblematical representation of concept)❧Labour
58B21(+4) Human Life; 'Vita humana', 'Vita inquieta', 'Vita e l'animo' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
61B2(GOSTLING, John)3 historical person (GOSTLING, John) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (GOSTLING, John)
86(INTERMINABILIS HUMANAE VITAE LABOR) proverbs, sayings, etc. (INTERMINABILIS HUMANAE VITAE LABOR)
93E82 Sisyphus pushing his boulder uphill or carrying it on his shoulders

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem229
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem229
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667