A Scholar in His Study ('Faust')
The Heavens as the central motif, with the Eye in a secondary part. From The Met, open access.
Key · 2 motifs
The motifs the picture carries, filed by role. The marks on the picture itself come with the entry.
- 1The Heavenscentral motif as it reads here: The Anagram Disc
- 2The Eyesecondary motif
The picture
A scholar turns to a radiant disc lettered INRI with an anagram, a hand in it holding a mirror; the reading is contested, by eye. By eye
Not yet decoded: the key and the sourced notes come with the entry. Until then the motifs above are tagged by eye and said so.
Also carrying the Heavens
15 works, 8 with it as the central motif. The symbol.
Also carrying the Eye
4 works. The symbol.
In the same series
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