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Audaces fortuna iuvat [54]
Facsimile Images
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Translations
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Vergilius, Aeneis 10, 284; cf. Seneca, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium 94, 28
Wie waagt die wint. |
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Vergilius, Aeneis 10, 284; cf. Seneca, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium 94, 28
Fortune helps the daring. |
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Het geluk is met de Liefde die op jaloezie stuit
want de dobbelsteen der dingen valt gunstig voor wie waagt. |
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Fortune helps Love when he meets envy for the dice of chance is falling well for someone who dares. |
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Propertius, Elegiae 2, 10, 5-6.
Ook al ontbreekt het talent, respectabel is al het te durven. Iets te hebben gewild is bij een groot doel genoeg.
[tr. W.A.M. Peters, Baarn 1991, p. 56] |
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Propertius, Elegiae 2, 10, 5-6.
Should strength fail me, yet my daring will win me fame: in mighty enterprises it is enough even to have willed. |
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Tibullus, Elegiae 1, 2, 16.
Waag je kans, Venus helpt wie durft. |
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Tibullus, Elegiae 1, 2, 16.
Venus herself helps the daring. |
Literature
- Sebastiàn, Lectura crítica
, p. 31
Sources and parallels
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Parallel for the pictura (mirrored, less detailed) and for the Latin and French motto: Cupidon aidé de la Fortune pour battre l’Envie (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))
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- Cupidon aidé de la Fortune pour battre l’Envie (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))
Iconclass
Fortune and a cupid driving away Envy- Envy; 'Invidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins
[11N32]
- snakes (+ animals as attributes)
[25F42(+13)]
- low hill country
[25H114]
- monsters ~ snakes (+ hair, feathers)
[31A4542(+42)]
- help (to an endangered fellow man)
[33A61]
- kicking
[33B32]
- flight, running away; pursuing
[33B9]
- archer's weapons: bow
[45C15(BOW)]
- quiver
[45C23]
- parts of ship's exterior: rudder
[46C215(RUDDER)]
- Courage, Bravery, Valiance, Manliness; 'Ardire magnanimo et generoso', 'Gagliardezza', 'Valore', 'Virtù heroica', 'Virtù dell'animo
e del corpo' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
[54A8(+4)]
- Luck, Fortune, Lot; 'Fato', 'Fortuna', 'Fortuna aurea', 'Fortuna buona', 'Fortuna pacifica overo clemente', 'Sorte' (Ripa)
(+ abstract concept represented by female figure)
[54F12(+11)]
- Luck, Fortune, Lot; 'Fato', 'Fortuna', 'Fortuna aurea', 'Fortuna buona', 'Fortuna pacifica overo clemente', 'Sorte' (Ripa)
(+ strife between concepts)
[54F12(+22)]
- (personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of
concept)
[56F2(+4)]
- Jealousy; 'Gelosia', 'Rammarico del ben'altrui' (Ripa) (+ abstract concept represented by female figure)
[57AA76(+11)]
- Jealousy; 'Gelosia', 'Rammarico del ben'altrui' (Ripa) (+ strife between concepts)
[57AA76(+22)]
- proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT)
[86(AUDACES FORTUNA IUVAT)]
- Cupid struggling with or tormenting other persons, abstract concepts, (fabulous) animals, etc.
[92D142]
- attributes of Cupid (with NAME)
[92D18(BOW)]
- attributes of Cupid (with NAME)
[92D18(QUIVER)]
- attributes of Cupid (with NAME)
[92D18(BOW)]