Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, Title page for: Jean de La Bruyère, Les caracteres de Theophraste, 1731, Allegorical representation with Hercules trampling Cupid, verso lower left - stamped, Hercules tramples Cupid who wanted to shoot one of his arrows. A naked woman with a mural crown tries to seduce Hercules and pulls his cloth aside. Minerva and Temperance look on. On the left figures who personify various vices. In the margin a seven-line poem in French., print, engraving, title page, prints, engravings, The personification of Temperance sits with her horse's bridle next to Minerva on a cloud. Together they try to call the figures on the ground to order. To the left of the cloud stands a man who wants to attack Temperance and Minerva with a sword. In the foreground Hercules stands with a woman (Pride?): a naked woman with a mural crown and with a peacock in her arms. She tries to seduce him. Hercules kicks Amor to the ground with his bow and arrow. In the foreground lies a deck of cards and a winged devilish figure stands on a bag of money. In the bottom margin is a seven-line verse in French., height 147 mm, width 83 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, prentmaker, 1719 - 1719, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, engraving (printing process)
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