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Enthroned Philosophy

Courtesy: Archive of the University of Vienna Originator: René Steyer, Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Universität Wien (Foto) ©

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Philosophy, with regalia as a symbol for the humanistic ideal of universal philosophical-rhetorical education. The motive is similar to the one of a xylography of Albrecht Dürers Quattuor libri amorum of Conrad Celtis (1502).

Tempera on "Celtis-Kiste" in the Archive of the University ov Vienna.

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