Allegory of America, from the Four Continents 17th century Godfried Maes Flemish This unusual male allegorical figure of the New World belongs to a set of drawings of Allegories of the Four Continents. The drawings likely served as preliminary designs for tapestries. The other three allegorical figures are represented as women; and, the tapestries and related paintings include a female figure of America as well. Maess allegory of America follows a visual tradition which derives from the Italian humanist Cesare Ripas Iconologia (1603). As seen in Ripa, Maes shows America wearing a feather headdress, carrying a bow and arrow, and stalked by an alligator. In the bottom register are a tropical parrot and a putto wearing a gold-filled pack and smoking tobacco, popular imports from the New World.. Allegory of America, from the Four Continents 347417

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Allegory of America, from the Four Continents 17th century Godfried Maes Flemish This unusual male allegorical figure of the New World belongs to a set of drawings of Allegories of the Four Continents. The drawings likely served as preliminary designs for tapestries. The other three allegorical figures are represented as women; and, the tapestries and related paintings include a female figure of America as well. Maess allegory of America follows a visual tradition which derives from the Italian humanist Cesare Ripas Iconologia (1603). As seen in Ripa, Maes shows America wearing a feather headdress, carrying a bow and arrow, and stalked by an alligator. In the bottom register are a tropical parrot and a putto wearing a gold-filled pack and smoking tobacco, popular imports from the New World.. Allegory of America, from the Four Continents 347417

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