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
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…
Keywords: 16th century, 1880s, 19th century, allegory, black & white, female, frame, mythology
