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Un Eléphant dans l’eau qui regarde le Soleil
Translations
Literature
Sources and parallels
- De la Feuille, Devises Et Emblemes 1697 [web]
, p/no. 31/12
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An elephant looking up at the sun- devotion, piety; 'Divotione' (Ripa) (+ devil(s))
[11Q0:5(+4)]
- water (one of the four elements)
[21D]
- sun represented as face, wheel, etc.
[24A6]
- trunked animals: elephant
[25F25(ELEPHANT)]
- (high) hill
[25H113]
- water course
[25H21]
- Incorruption, Purity; 'Purité' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
[57A63(+4)]
- proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT)
[86(PURA PLACET PIETAS)]