WHEEL OF FORTUNE

Illustrationszyklus Naturwissenschaft/Miniatur

Beschriftung: u. "Si fortuna. valet fiat de (...) "

Bildbeschriftung: "France" Bildunterschrift: "M. Jules Simon"; "M. de Broglie"; "M. ..."; "M. Gambetta" Signatur: "Alfred Le Petit" Sonstige Angaben: "Lefman Sc"

Lettering: Fortuna. 1541. HSB. Heliogravure et imp. A. Dura...

The attribution of the multi-part, printed by six sticks and dated after 1521 woodcut is not clarified with regard to the spiritual creator, cutter and publisher. Like Adam von Bartsch (1757-1821) before him, Heller included the work under the heading “Do…

Reason tries to persuade the Lover to follow her rather than Fortune: the wheel of Fortune. (line 5901).

Miniature. Fortune's Wheel.

Book II. Fortune, blindfolded, stands turning her wheel which has four figures attached to it including a king at the top.

The Wheel of Fortune. Fortune stands behind her wheel. On top is a crwoned man with ermine collar saying 'regno'. Falling down, a simply dressed young man saying 'regnare'; ascending, a man in red bonnet says 'regnabo'. Figure lyin…

Miniature. Fortune's wheel.

Fortune and her wheel.

The House of Fortune: on top of her wheel sits a king(?); a second figure is being whirled down to disaster; a third lies naked and broken at Fortune's feet. Lady Fortune's instability is also symbolized by the contract between the solid stone fac…

They present around the central image spaces where the name of the manufacturer, the brand and the taste are printed. Sometimes there is also the logo or image that identifies the brand: a pierrot of the brand Pierrot Gourmand or a sun of the brand Produi…