Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

Marginalia, Scholarship & Reception

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TRIVMPHVS: Lovers' Chariot

PROCESSION k4v · p.156
TRIVMPHVS: Lovers' Chariot
From the 1499 Aldine first edition (University of Seville copy, via Internet Archive)

Large triumphal chariot bearing reclining lovers embraced among garlands and putti. The emotional climax of the procession.

In the Narrative

The central image of the procession — lovers entwined on a triumphal chariot, representing the ultimate victory of Eros. This is the most explicitly amorous image in the HP.

Source: LLM_ASSISTED · HIGH