Ornamental frame with poetry and painting, Bernard Picart (workshop of), After Bernard Picart, 1732 print Ornamental frame with the title in French, flanked by poetry and painting. A canvas is tied to the mouth with painting. This refers to Horatius' ut Pictura Poesis (poetry is like painting). The frame has been awarded a cartouche in which Amor. Under the frame a cartouche in which a woman with wall crown (cybele?). This cartouche is flanked by death as a skeleton and an old man who has just awakened. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving title-page. symbolic representations, allegories and em

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Ornamental frame with poetry and painting, Bernard Picart (workshop of), After Bernard Picart, 1732 print Ornamental frame with the title in French, flanked by poetry and painting. A canvas is tied to the mouth with painting. This refers to Horatius' ut Pictura Poesis (poetry is like painting). The frame has been awarded a cartouche in which Amor. Under the frame a cartouche in which a woman with wall crown (cybele?). This cartouche is flanked by death as a skeleton and an old man who has just awakened. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving title-page. symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ poetry; 'Poesia' (Ripa). 'Pictura', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ painting; 'Pittura' (Ripa). (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros). specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Cybele; Cybele as patroness. Death as skeleton. waking up