Two seated women, from a suite of ornament designs with grotesques, allegories and deities
Etienne Delaune French
Not on view
Engraving, part of a series of six oval plates with ornament designs executed on black grounds with grotesque motifs, allegories, and divinities, designed by Étienne Delaune before 1573 (possibly during the 1550s). This print represents two seated women, their bodies facing each other, but their faces looking in different directions. They hold an arrow or a spear in one hand, and raise an olive branch with the other. Between the two branches is a female term with wings in the place of the arms. This plate might be an allegory of peace, which is evoked by the two olive branches.
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