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Bernard Picart (1673-1733) — Antique title page | Allegorical composition, published 1711, 1 p.

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Personification of Heroic Poetry leading a Spirit who is carrying the works of Homer, to the Temple of Memory, whose doors are being opened by Mnemosyne; Envy, who sits at the entrance of the Temple, tries to prevent the Spirit to enter it; two putti and Time are hanging a portrait of Homer above the entrance, while Fame blows her trumpet.Frontispiece to 'L'Iliade d'Homère traduite en françois', a French translation of the Iliad, by Madame Dacier (Paris: Rigaud, 1711).Signed at bottom: B. Picart jn. et fecit. 1711.[NL] De personificatie van de Heroïsche Poëzie leidt een jongen, die het genie van Homerus symboliseert, naar de tempel van de herinnering. Afgunst (Invidia) probeert hen tegen te houden. Mnemosyne, de godin van het geheugen, opent de deuren van de tempel. Vader Tijd hangt een portretmediallon van Homerus boven de ingang. In de lucht Faam (Fama) die de bazuin blaast. In de marge een vijfregelig onderschrift in het Frans.

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Numero libro: PR120966 €84.70 ($93.35 | £70.66 | ¥14,908)

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