Live Auction 1170Au Bord de la Mer Private Collections from St Tropez, Cap d'Antibes & A Swiss Villa
Spanish School, 18th Century
Lot 7

Spanish School, 18th Century

Four overdoors: An emblem with a hand holding a trumpet with a banner; and An emblem with two hands, one with eyes; and An emblem with two hands pulling branches and thus splitting a crown; and An emblem with a crown and sceptre on a pedestal, on a globe

Closed17 April 2013

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GBP 1,875

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Spanish School, 18th Century
Four overdoors: An emblem with a hand holding a trumpet with a banner; and An emblem with two hands, one with eyes; and An emblem with two hands pulling branches and thus splitting a crown; and An emblem with a crown and sceptre on a pedestal, on a globe
inscribed 'INTERCLVSA RESPIRAT' (the first); and 'FIDE ET DIFFIDE' (the second); and 'DVM SCINDITVR FRANGOR' (the third); and 'FUTURUM INDICAT' (the fourth)
oil on canvas
19 1/8 x 47¾ in. (48.5 x 121.3 cm.)
a set of four (4)

Specialist note

These four overdoors illustrate four emblems from the Empresas políticas o Idea de un príncipe político cristiano representada en cien empresas ('The Idea of a Christian political prince') published in 1640 by the Spanish diplomat and man of letters Diego de Saavedra Fajardo (1584-1648). In this erudite work, written for the son of Philip IV, he compiled a hundred short moral and philosophical essays, illustrated with emblems in the style of Andrea Alciato's Emblemata.