Von Prenner, Various Personifications, 1748, Paper, Set of 7

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Set of seven antique prints of various personifications including: 1) plate xiii: personification of religion, section of a fresco from … Read more Set of seven antique prints of various personifications including: 1) plate xiii: personification of religion, section of a fresco from the anticamera del concilio, caprarola; a female figure holding a cross with her left hand and with the right a chalice. 2) plate ii: personification of religion, section of a fresco from the sala dei fasti, caprarola; a female figure seated on a cloud, holding a cross with her right hand. 3) plate xi: personification of peace (wrongly identify as abundance the daughter of peace in the inscription), section of a fresco from the anticamera del concilio, caprarola; a female figure holding a horn of plenty with left hand and with the right puts a flaming torch to a heap of weapons. 4) plate vi: personification of security (wrongly identify as peace in the inscription), section of a fresco from the anticamera del concilio, caprarola; a female figure holding a wreath in right hand and a spear in the left. 5) plate iv: personification of domination (rule or power), section of a fresco from the sala dei fasti, caprarola; a female figure seated on a cloud, holding a globe with her left hand, and a sphere in her right. 6) plate iii: personification of virtue, section of a fresco from the sala dei fasti, caprarola; a female figure seated on a cloud holding a spear in the right hand and dressed as a warrior. 7) plate iv: personification of charity, section of a fresco from the anticamera del concilio, caprarola; a female figure holding with her left arm a horn of plenty and with the right a palm, in the lower two putti. These prints originate from the series 'illustri fatti farnesiani coloriti nel real palazzo di caprarola' by g. C. Von prenner. A series containing illustrations of frescoes in the farnese palace at caprarola. Published 1748. See less