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Iconology of the Wayfarer Triptych – Detail

Location of Visual Attribute
Exterior of the Wayfarer Triptych
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Man and woman at doorway of tavern from The Pedlar

The gemini of Bruegel are an amorous couple. They are nude in accordance with the idealizing tendencies of the Renaissance reviving antiquity, but they otherwise resemble the profane couple represented by Bosch in the doorway of the tavern. This amorous couple by Bosch may very well have the same meaning as Bruegel’s couple and may represent one of the signs of the zodiacs [Philip, 1958, 19:note 38; Panofsky, 1939, pl. XXXVI:fig. 62; Essling & Müntz, 1902, 212-213]. (pp. 17-19)

Philip, 1958
The Peddler by Hieronymus Bosch, a study in detectio

Keywords
Category
Planets and zodiacal signs,Morality and immorality,Aspects of time
Interpretation Type
InfoSensorium Facet
(Sum, 2022)
Layer of meaning
(van Straten, 1994)
Conception of Information
(Furner, 2004)
Level of knowledge
(Nanetti, 2018)
View of reality
(Popper, 1972, 1979; Gnoli, 2018)
Iconographical interpretation Relevance (Iconographical) Interpretations,Narratives Second world (Mind)
Reference Source(s)
Essling & Müntz, 1902; Panofsky, 1939; Philip, 1958; Rost, 16th century
Symbolic Images