Die Triumphirende Liebe umgeben Mit den Sieghafften Tugenden In einem Ballet Auff dem Hochfürstlichen Beylager .. Christian Ludwig Hertzog zu Brunschwig und Lüneburg ... Dorothea Hertzogin zu Schleswig Hollstein ... Zelle 1653 1648 - 1658

This engraving by Jakob Rebenlein, a German artist active in the mid-17th century, is a powerful allegorical depiction of the triumph of virtue over vice. Titled "Die Triumphirende Liebe umgeben Mit den Sieghafften Tugenden In einem Ballet Auff dem Hochfürstlichen Beylager .. Christian Ludwig Hertzog zu Brunschwig und Lüneburg ... Dorothea Hertzogin zu Schleswig Hollstein ... Zelle 1653", the work is likely a celebration of the wedding of Christian Ludwig, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Dorothea, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein in 1653. The central figure of Hercules, battling a multi-headed Hydra, symbolizes the struggle between good and evil, and the Latin inscription "Sincere et Constant" emphasizes the importance of steadfastness and truth. This type of visual allegory was popular in the Baroque period, reflecting the intellectual and religious concerns of the time. The engraving is housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.