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Engraved plate of a thin young man holding a sword, with a crouching lion and a fire at right, and Italian caption text below.

Iconologia, overo descrittione d'imagini delle virtù, vitij, affetti, passioni humane, corpi celesti, mondo e sue parti / Opera de Cesare Ripa ... Fatica necessaria ad oratori ... scultori, pittori ... per figurare con i suoi proprij simboli tutto quello, che può cadere in pensiero humano. Di nouo in quest' vltima editione corretta diligentemente, & accresciuta di sessanta e più figure poste a luoghi loro: aggionteui copiosissime tauole per solleuamento del lettore.

A woodcut plate from Cesare Ripa's Iconologia shows a thin, nearly nude young man with a bare sword in his raised right hand, a lion crouched at his feet and a flaming brazier at right. A billowing cloak trails behind him, and an Italian caption below describes the figure as choleric, governed by fire.

Artist
Cesare Ripa
Date
1611 [col. 1610]
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3571 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1611.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Temperamento colérico y fuego, grabado de la Iconologia de Ripa

Una lámina xilográfica de la Iconologia de Cesare Ripa muestra a un joven delgado, casi desnudo, con una espada desenvainada en la mano derecha en alto, un león agachado a sus pies y un brasero encendido a la derecha. Una capa ondeante cae tras él, y un texto en italiano debajo describe la figura como colérica, regida por el fuego.

Português: Temperamento colérico e fogo, gravura da Iconologia de Ripa

Uma gravura em xilogravura da Iconologia de Cesare Ripa mostra um jovem magro, quase nu, com uma espada desembainhada na mão direita erguida, um leão agachado a seus pés e um braseiro em chamas à direita. Uma capa esvoaçante desce atrás dele, e uma legenda em italiano abaixo descreve a figura como colérica, governada pelo fogo.

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