Allegory of the Sea in a Strapwork Frame
Cornelis Bos Netherlandish
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Design for an allegory of the sea, depicted inside a strapwork frame. The allegory consists of a sea view with a large male head at the left and a small depiction of Neptune in front of a large fish. A dolphin and a sinking ship are seen further in the background. The strapwork frame is characterized by two naked figures on either side of the scene. They are caught within the strapwork frame; an element typical for the Flemish grotesques as developed in the Southern Netherlands in the second quarter of the sixteenth century.
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