America

A large woman riding an armadillo constituted an allegory of the New World as part of the ephemeral decorations for the entry of Archduke Ernst of Austria into Antwerp. This image became immediately familiar through reproductions, entering the European repertory of both symbolic and popular iconography soon afterward.

Verfasser: Maarten de Vos
Dokumenttyp: Image
Schlagwörter: Drawing / Renaissance / 16th century / Flemish / allegories / emblems / female figures / mammals / Dasypodidae / armadillos
Sprache: unknown
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29062780
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/149476