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Omnis Amatorem decuit color. [24]
Omnis Amatorem decuit color.
Quid cupis id cupio, quid spernis sperno, tuumque,
Velle meum velle est nolleque nolle meum,
Te propter varios ut Proteus induo vultus,
Inque modum Chamæ, crede, leontis ago.
Velle meum velle est nolleque nolle meum,
Te propter varios ut Proteus induo vultus,
Inque modum Chamæ, crede, leontis ago.
Com' Amor vuole.
Come il Cameleonte è variante,
Conforme del objetto al vario lume,
Cosi l'amante a voglia del suo Nume,
Si dee cangiar e Obedir costante.
Conforme del objetto al vario lume,
Cosi l'amante a voglia del suo Nume,
Si dee cangiar e Obedir costante.
Selon que veut ma Dame.
Il faut qu'un sage amant se renonçant soy meme,
De la belle qu'il sert epouse les humeurs,
Ainsi que uous noyez au corps de cet emblesme,
Que le Cameleon prend toutes les couleurs.
De la belle qu'il sert epouse les humeurs,
Ainsi que uous noyez au corps de cet emblesme,
Que le Cameleon prend toutes les couleurs.
Zo als myn schoone wil.
't Kameleon dat Vaak van verf veranderd toond,
Hoe zig een Minnaar moet na zyn beminde voegen,
Het zy wat in borst of wat drift dat haar bewoond,
Dan Werd zyn Wens volbracht dan Vind hy zyn genoegen.
Hoe zig een Minnaar moet na zyn beminde voegen,
Het zy wat in borst of wat drift dat haar bewoond,
Dan Werd zyn Wens volbracht dan Vind hy zyn genoegen.
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Same motto and subscriptio (in Latin and Italian), different background, Cupid makes no eyecontact with the beholder:
Omnis amatorem decuit color [32] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608))
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- Omnis amatorem decuit color [32] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608))
Iconclass
A cupid holding a chameleon; in the background two scenes from the story of Europa and Jupiter: Europa and her maidens playing with a bull; and: Jupiter abducts Europa and carries her across the water- lizards: chameleon
[25F41(CHAMELEON)]
- sea (seascape)
[25H23]
- landscape with tower or castle
[25I5]
- index finger forwards, pointing, indicating
[31A25552]
- friendship between man and animal; caressing, petting
[34A1]
- smoke
[41B162]
- quiver
[45C23]
- bull (+ animal(s) moving in water)
[47I2111(+9527)]
- Readiness to Comply (+ emblematical representation of concept)
[53CC21(+4)]
- (personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of
concept)
[56F2(+4)]
- Benevolence, Beneficence; 'Beneficio', 'Benevolenza o Affettione' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
[57A7(+4)]
- proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT)
[86(OMNIS AMATOREM DECUIT COLOR)]
- Jupiter, usually in the shape of a white bull, abducts Europa and carries her across the water
[92B1218]
- Europa and her maidens play with the bull, and/or adorn it with flowers
[92B12181]
- specific aspects of Cupid
[92D17]
- attributes of Cupid (with NAME)
[92D18(QUIVER)]