print;
album
- Museum number
- 1889,0816.6.20
- Title
- Series: Emblemes d'amour
- Description
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Cupid seen from the front, with an arrow piercing his chest; holding a torch upside-down with his left hand; beyond, hills, and at left, a bridge and a windmill; at right, a cluster of buildings and the outlines of trees; this engraved composition is contained within a circular border; in the corners of the square frame encasing the circle are pyramids; the rest of the borders and text are letterpress; around the square is an uneven margin; a running French title above; a French motto below the image, followed by four lines of French verse in Italic and a line that separates six lines of French and Latin commentary; the image and text are surrounded by a type-ornamental border. Circa 1608
Engraving and letterpress
- Production date
- 1608 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 90 millimetres
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Width: 94 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See curator's comment for 1889,0816.6.1 for this series. For information on the album in which this series is contained, see curator's comment for 1889,0816.3.1.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1889
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1889,0816.6.20