Allegory of conservation. The cedar branch is incorruptible but is also the emblem of conservation...

Allegory of conservation, The branch of cedar is incorruptible but also is the emblem of conservation and the circle that of the conti succession. She wears a crown of aromatic plants that were used by the Egyptians to preserve the dead. Engraving in “” Iconologie oder Ideen aus dem Gebiete der Leidenschaften und Allegorien bildich dargestellt fur Zeichner, Mahler, Dichter, Gelehrte, Erzieher und freunde Hoherer Geschmacksbildung” (Iconologie ou idees de la sphere des passions et des allegories...), Vienna 1801. Book containing 225 illustrations. Private collection.