A woman wearing a crown and a dress covered with the letter F, walks inside an open loggia where she is followed by two men; representing Fortune. Chromolithograph by Thurwanger after C. Ciappori after an unidentified artist.
- Boethius, -524.
- Date:
- [1858]
- Reference:
- 39001i
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A representation of the goddess Fortune in Boethius, Consolatio philosophiae, II.1, where Philosopy reminds Boethius that when Fortune flattered him, he used to assail her with manly words and opinions from the temple of Philosphy: "Solebas enim praesentem quoque blandientemque virilibus incessere verbis eamque de nostro adyto prolatis insectabare sententiis". However other features of fortune shown here are not derived from Boethius: the letter F on her robe, and the division of her body into bright and dark sides
Publication/Creation
Paris : [Hangard-Maugé, lithographe, libraire-éditeur], [1858]
Physical description
1 print : chromolithograph ; image 18.4 x 12.4 cm
Lettering
Figure allégorique de la fortune. Tiré du manuscrit de Boece: des consolations philosophique. (Bibl. Imple. No. 6643 de l'ancien fonds latin). France, XVe. siècle (fin). Ciappori del. Thurwanger lith. Chromolith. Hangard-Maugé, Paris.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 39001i
Reproduction note
After: a painting in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds latin cod. 6643.
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