Antique Print-VIRTUE-TRIUMPH-VIRTUS-FORTUNA-GUBERNACULUM-van Veen-Daret-1646

Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 20.5 x 32.5 cm. The image size is ca. 14.5 x 17.8 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.1 x 12.8 inch. The image size is ca. 5.7 x 7 inch.

Antique print, titled: ‘La vertu triomphe de tous ses ennemis.’ – (‘Virtue triumphs over all its enemies’). The figure of Virtus, holding a parazonium and javelin, stands with one foot on the prone figure of Fortuna (possibly, given the gubernaculum she holds). Several attributes of power (crown, wreath, fasces, sceptre and trumpets) on the ground below that. Six cherubs, each with specific attributes surround Virtus. From: ‘La Doctrine des Moeurs […]’ printed by Louys Sevestre for Pierre Daret, Paris, 1646. First edition. Author: Marin le Roy de Gomberville. Made by order of Mazarin for the instruction of the young Louis XIV. The plates are copies in reverse after Otto van Veen’s emblems in ‘Q. Horatii Flacci Emblemata.’ Ref: Brunet II 1658.Artists and Engravers: Made by ‘P. Daret’ after ‘Otto Vaenius’. Otto van Veen, also known by his Latinized name Otto Venius or Octavius Vaenius, (c.1556-1629) was a painter, draughtsman, and humanist active primarily in Antwerp and Brussels in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century.

Condition: Good, given age. Stain in left part of print and in left lower. Manuscript ink annotation on the rear (lower margin). General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-VIRTUE-TRIUMPH-VIRTUS-FORTUNA-GUBERNACULUM-VAN VEEN-DARET

(PCO) A331-29