Inconstant Fortune

All Resolutions

Fortuna inconstans (inconstant fortune).

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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
Authors:
Anlezy, Imbert d'; Lalanne, Ludovic
Publisher:
London, Paris: Librairie de l'Art, 1883
Open Library:
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Description:

Fortune is depicted as a winged woman with a vessel in her hand, standing next to sphere resting on a short column. The main motif is set inside an ornamental frame with architectural decoration. The allegory is explained as follows by the author:

As the wind, the air and the clouds are variable, and as one sees in summer a cloud full of heavy rain being borne, now hither now thither, by the impetuosity of the winds, so the inconstancy of Fortune could not be better displayed than by depicting her with wings…

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