Soul as a female with a gender-neutral skull, by Veen, Ledesma and Hattronius (1615)

Soul as a female with a gender-neutral skull, by Veen, Ledesma and Hattronius (1615)

The image represents a little girl lying and sleeping on top of a skull while cupid looks at her. Although the child is represented as a little girl, the skull is represented as neutral, stripped off of any gender identifiers.

Veen, Otto van (1556-1629)
Ledesma, Alonso de (1552-1623)
Hattronius, Carolus Philippus (Unknown)

Emblematica Online - Resources for Emblem Studies.
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Image from the book Amoris divini emblemata (1615) by Veen, Otto van, Ledesma, Alonso de and Hattronius, Carolus Philippus. Publisher: Martinus Nutius.
https://emblems.hum.uu.nl/v161555.html

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1615

Emblem.
Dimensions: Unknown