Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Bellona / With other personifications
River gods / with other figures
Venus / Allegories / Venus Frigida (Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus) / Venus not freezing / With Bacchus and Ceres

HISTORY

Modern / Ottoman empire / War against the Turk (general)

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Geography / The earth / Rivers / Save
Geography / Topography / Topographical personifications / Countries / Hungary
Geography / Topography / Topographical personifications / Cities / Italy / Rome

SECULAR ICONOGRAPHY

Allegories and personifications A-Z / Fame (Fama) / Miscellaneous

Further details

Allegory of the war against the Turk. The river-god probably stands for the river Save, the figure in the foreground is interpreted as personification of Rome or of Hungary, she is surrounded by Venus, Bacchus and Ceres

Artist or creator

Spranger, Bartholomäus (1546-1611)

Date

1592

Location

Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum (inv. GG 1125)

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

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Web resources

Kunsthistorisches Museum

Rights and Permissions

This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 Unported License

Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

Contact

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