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Blindness and Cupidity Chasing Joy from the City

Evelyn De Morgan1897

De Morgan Collection

De Morgan Collection
United Kingdom

"Here Cupidity, hoarding his jewels carefully in his cloak, and wearing a golden crown, is shackled to Blindness by chains and spikes. They are driving out the angel of joy from the city. The scroll on the right reads:

Hunted Joy flies through the gate.
Blind Blindness is left desolate.
Cupidity the city’s fate.
The hungry hounds insatiate,
Stays fettered to a sightless mate

This is a warning not to become so focused on worldly goods and possessions, that we forget the joy of life and the joy of life to come."

Details

  • Title: Blindness and Cupidity Chasing Joy from the City
  • Creator: Evelyn De Morgan
  • Date Created: 1897

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