POST NVBILA PHŒBUS.

[No source given]
Post Boream Zephyrus, surgit post nubila Phœbus;
Cùm desævit hiems, tum aequora strata iacent:
Non prius, inuideæ quàm cesset sæva procella
Fortunæque atrox turbo, quiescet amans.

After a tempest a calme.

The sea is neuer still but when the wynd appeaseth,
Right so the louers mynd is neuer in repose,
Till fortunes rage bee donne, & enuie force doth lose,
The cause of ill remou’d, the ill soon after ceaseth.

Dopo la tempesta bonaccia.

Mentre che spira il vento, non è calma,
E mentre inuidia versa il suo veleno
Di verace amator nel caldo seno,
Di tosco infetta non riposa l’alma.

Na storm stilte.

De zee en is niet stil/ dan door de rust der winden:
Den minnaer heeft gheen rust/ dan als hy is bevrijdt
Van ’t onweer des fortuyns/ van achter-klap/ of nijdt.
Neemt d’oorsaeck wegh van ’t quaet/ gherustheyt suldy vinden.

Le calme apres l’orage.

Calme n’est point la mer, tant le vent se pose;
Si long temps que l’enuie à son fouet serpentin
Poursuit le poure amant, luy soufflant du venin
De son gosier infect, son ame ne repose.

143 ↓

Back to top ↑

Facsimile Images

142, LEI:

142, LDF:

142, LIF:

143, pictura:

Back to top ↑

Translations

Achter de wolken schijnt de zon.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Na de noordenwind komt de zoele zuidenwind, achter de wolken de zon, als de storm bedaart, komt de zee tot rust. Niet eerder dan dat het noodweer van de jaloezie weg is en de afschuwelijke wervelwind van de fortuin, zal de minnaar rust vinden.

Behind the cold north wind comes Zephyr, behind the clouds the sun, when the storm calms down, the sea is in repose. Not before the heavy weather of jealousy goes away and the awful tornado of Fortune, will the lover rest.

Back to top ↑

Literature

Sebastiàn, Lectura crítica, p. 35

Back to top ↑

Sources and parallels

Parallel for the pictura (mirrored) and the Latin and French motto in: Un Amour sous un Arbre qui regarde tomber la Pluye (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691)) [Compare]

Back to top ↑

References, across this site, to this page:

Un Amour sous un Arbre qui regarde tomber la Pluye (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))

Back to top ↑

Iconclass

Sitting on a beach, Cupid is pointing at the storm at sea

coast [25H13]
winds [26C]
storm at sea [26C32]
consequences of weather, e.g. After the drought, Before the storm, After the cyclone [26F3]
face [31A2211]
sitting on the ground [31A2351]
index finger forwards, pointing, indicating [31A25552]
cheeks rounded [31B6241]
archer's weapons: bow [45C15(BOW)]
quiver [45C23]
Rest; 'Quiete' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54A46(+4)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)]
Jealousy; 'Gelosia', 'Rammarico del ben'altrui' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [57AA76(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(POST NUBILA PHOEBUS)]
other non-aggressive activities of Cupid [92D156]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(BOW)]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(QUIVER)]

Back to top ↑

Comments

Back to top ↑

Post nubila phœbus [72]

Facsimile Images

Translations

Literature

Sources and parallels

References, across this site, to this page:

Iconclass

Comments

Notes