Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608)
Table of contents ↑Omnis amatorem decuit color [32]
Translations
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Een minnaar past elke kleur. |
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Each colour befits a Lover. |
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Wat jij wenst, wens ik, wat jij afwijst, wijs ik af, jouw wil is mijn wil, wat jij niet wilt, wil ik niet. Om jou neem ik
zoals Proteus allerlei gedaanten aan en geloof me, ik gedraag me als een kameleon. |
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What you long for I long for, what you reject I reject, your wish is my wish and what you do not want I do not want. For you
I assume several shapes, like Proteus, and believe me, I act as a chameleon. |
Sources and parallels
- Omnis amatorem decuit color [21] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618))
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- The chameleon in Alciato:
Alciato, Book of Emblems, embl. 53
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Parallel for the pictura (background less detailed) and for some mottoes (Latin, Italian, French; the Dutch one not
exact) in: Un Cupidon tenant un Cameleon (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))
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Same motto and subscriptio (in Latin and Italian), different background, Cupid makes eyecontact with the beholder:
Omnis Amatorem decuit color. [24] (in: anonymous, Emblemata amatoria (1690))
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References, across this site, to this page:
- Omnis Amatorem decuit color. [24] (in: anonymous, Emblemata amatoria (1690))
- Un Cupidon tenant un Cameleon (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))
- Omnis amatorem decuit color [21] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618))