All Resolutions
Artist
- Name:
- Cousin, Jean
- Dates:
- ca. 1522-ca. 1594
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Ornaments & patterns
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- The Getty Research Institute, The Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- The book of fortune
- Author(s):
- Anlezy, Imbert d', Lalanne, Ludovic
- Publisher:
- London, Paris: Librairie de l'Art, 1883
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
Good Fortune is represented as a young woman standing on a tortoise and looking to her right as a village and a hilly landscape can be seen in the background. The main motif is set inside an oval frame with architectural and anthropomorphic decoration. The allegory is explained as follows by the author:
Prosperity or good Fortune is here seen depicted with the tortoise under her feet, as if it bore her, with royal crowns, and palm and olive branches. The palm signifies victory, the olive peace…
Keywords: 16th century, 1880s, 19th century, allegory, black & white, female, frame, mythology
