The Elephant with Two Bards and the Circle of Heaven
An engraving depicting a scene from the fourth book of the epic poem, Saint Louys, in which a pair of extravagently dressed figures appear riding an elephant, above which hangs a globe or disc representing the Heavens, with the fire of the sun encircling it as a cherub (representing modest love) sits atop it.
Chauveau, François, 1613-1676
Courbé, Augustin
Paris (France)
Le Moyne, Pierre, 1602-1671
Elephants
Cherubs (Art)
Soldiers
Processions
Decoration and ornament
Heaven
Flames
Sun
Seventeenth century
16 cm (approx.)
Still image
engravings (prints)
Duodecimo
Saint Louys, ou, La sainte couronne reconquise : poeme heroique
1658 LEMO
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