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Allegorical painting of two flying figures with a laurel wreath and cherubs holding a banner in the clouds.

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Dygdens belöning, allegori, David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (1680), Nationalmuseum. Via artnap.com

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An allegorical painting showing a muscular male figure in a red drapery flying forward while embracing a female figure in blue and grey robes who holds a laurel wreath aloft. Two cherubs below carry a golden banner inscribed with the Latin words "Premium virtutis immortale." The work is catalogued as "Dygdens belöning, allegori" by David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl, dated 1680, and is held by the Nationalmuseum.

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