12-03-2022, 03:43 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-03-2022, 04:05 AM by Carl Lavoie.)
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It would be in both cases Athena/Minerva (Wisdom) up there, giving Prometheus the long leash. Jove will have an eagle and a thunderbolt (and masculine features.)
In the second scene, the bearded Saturn has his symbol on the blade of his scythe, which makes me wonder if the skeleton, with no symbol on his scythe, might not be an allegory of death. The bent figure facing it certainly looks a depiction of senescence.
It would be in both cases Athena/Minerva (Wisdom) up there, giving Prometheus the long leash. Jove will have an eagle and a thunderbolt (and masculine features.)
In the second scene, the bearded Saturn has his symbol on the blade of his scythe, which makes me wonder if the skeleton, with no symbol on his scythe, might not be an allegory of death. The bent figure facing it certainly looks a depiction of senescence.