The Red King, the Queen and Mercury
The King and the Queen as the central motif, with the Sun and the Moon in a secondary part. From Single sheets.
Key · 2 motifs
The motifs the picture carries, filed by role. The marks on the picture itself come with the entry.
- 1The King and the Queencentral motif
- 2The Sun and the Moonsecondary motif
The picture
A red king with a rayed face stands between a crowned woman in yellow and a figure in green carrying a caduceus; a band of stars above them; a row of small vessels along the ground below; the King and the Queen as the central motif, the Sun and the Moon by eye. By eye
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Also carrying the King and the Queen
35 works carry it. The 6 where it is the central motif are here. The symbol.
Where the detail is the subject
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In the same series
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