Book Title: Andreae Alciati emblematvm libellvs.

Author: Alciati, Andrea, 1492-1550

Image Title: On the Fidelity of a Wife

Description: The pictura of this emblem by the Italian jurist and writer Andrea Alciati (1492 – 1550 CE) features a wife, her right hand clasped in her husband’s, with a puppy playing at her feet. The apple tree behind the couple alludes to the golden apples of Aphrodite, with which Hippomenes tricked Atalanta into losing the race between them, thus winning her hand in marriage.

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