1602 (ca.), Agostino Carracci, An Allegory of Abundance and Peace -- National Gallery of Scotland (Edinburgh)
From the museum label: The woman holding a sheaf of wheat and a bunch of grapes represents Abundance or Plenty. Preparatory drawings show that the other figure was intended to hold a winged sceptre or caduceus, an emblem of Peace, but it was left unfinished and only the lower handle is visible. In the background an army retreats into a fortified citadel. The picture was almost certainly painted for Duke Ranuccio Farnese, and the message of the allegory concerns the benefits to be gained from his peaceful rule over the province of Parma and Piacenza.
1602 (ca.), Agostino Carracci, An Allegory of Abundance and Peace -- National Gallery of Scotland (Edinburgh)
From the museum label: The woman holding a sheaf of wheat and a bunch of grapes represents Abundance or Plenty. Preparatory drawings show that the other figure was intended to hold a winged sceptre or caduceus, an emblem of Peace, but it was left unfinished and only the lower handle is visible. In the background an army retreats into a fortified citadel. The picture was almost certainly painted for Duke Ranuccio Farnese, and the message of the allegory concerns the benefits to be gained from his peaceful rule over the province of Parma and Piacenza.