Allegory of constancy, A man clinging to a cross and being lit by a bundle of celestial light. A putto with laurel wreath flies above his head. With ropes he is pulled away from the cross by a skeleton, a woman with an apple on her head and a naked man with snakes like hair. Above the show is the text: De Gekroonde Stantvastigheit on a banderole. Reference is made below to a book of the Bible, the cross, symbols of Christ, Death as skeleton, orb (symbol of sovereignty, sphere with cross on top) - BB - female ruler, snakes, Simon Fokke (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1736, paper, etching, h 137 mm × w 76 mm
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Allegory, constancy, man clinging, cross, lit, bundle, celestial light, putto, laurel wreath flies, head, ropes, pulled away, skeleton, woman, apple, naked man, snakes, hair, text, De Gekroonde Stantvastigheit, banderole, Reference, book, Bible, symbols, Christ, Death, orb, symbol, sovereignty, sphere, top, BB, female ruler, Simon Fokke, mentioned, object, Amsterdam, 1736, paper, etching
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