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
A ship filled with travelers is sailing with its sails swollen by the wind. The main motif is set inside an ornamental frame with foliage and architectural decoration. The allegory is explained as follows by the author:
Where Fortune is favorable and where there are riches, thither men are seen to hasten; for which reason everybody willingly associates with the rich
and opulent, and frequents grand palaces, thinking that the splendors of Fortune reside there; while, therefore, the sails of our affairs are filled with the
favorable winds of Fortune, we find a great number of friends and followers…
Keywords: 16th century, 1880s, 19th century, allegory, black & white, frame, ship
