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Alte Pinakothek, Bavarian State Painting Collections
Rocky Landscape with Classical Ruins (around 1657) by Nicolaes BerchemOriginal Source: Object in the Online-Collection of the Pinakotheken
In this idyllic rural scene...
... with shepherds...
... in front of antique ruins, vices and virtues are being juxtaposed.
The urinating horse is a symbol for immodesty.
And the shepherd drinking greedily from the brim of his hat no doubt refers to the vice of gluttony.
The upturned bowl in the woman’s hand in contrast...
...points to the virtue of measured restraint.
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