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Aug 24, 2006
Genius of the Sun (from the Tarocchi, series B: Cosmic Principles & Virtues, #31)
Genius of the Sun (from the Tarocchi, series B: Cosmic Principles & Virtues, #31)
before 1467
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Master of the E-Series Tarocchi
(Italian, 15th century)
Engraving
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1924.432.31
Catalogue raisonné: Hind E.I. 31a
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This is the second personification of the sun that appears within the set of Tarocchi, after the engraving displaying Apollo (1924.432.20) and before the one showing the sun as a star (1924.432.44).
Description
This engraving is part of the group marked with the letter “B”, and named Cosmic Principles and the Virtues, which comprises the three Universal principles or Genii (Light, Time, and Space) alongside the four cardinal virtues (Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude and Justice) and the three theological ones (Faith, Hope, and Charity). The three allegorical figures of the Genii open group B and appear to be an artistic invention of the author of the Tarocchi series.
Here, Iliaco (Genius or Spirit of the Sun) personifies the Sun which is thought to be the soul of the world. He is shown as a winged full-length male youth in profile, turned to left. Behind him is a distant forest. In his right hand, Iliaco holds up a sun-face.
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