Allegory of Love

c. 1540

School of Marcantonio Raimondi

Artist, Italian, 16th century

Marcantonio Raimondi

Artist, Roman, c. 1480 - c. 1534

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 38.9 × 47.2 cm (15 5/16 × 18 9/16 in.)
    mount: 49.2 × 57.2 cm (19 3/8 × 22 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2016.47.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch 1802-1821, no. 11, CHECK

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler, Franfurt am Main); purchased 2015 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821: no. 11.

1980

  • TIB 62, i/ii (commentary vol. 28)

Inscriptions

in three cartouches at bottom of image: S'io porro in man d'Amor l'alto ucssitto, / Et ogn'bor colmo il ciel distrida ardenti... / ... Mi perse a dadi, col Fanciullo Amor; Mia madre che del giocho bauca trufstullo / Anzi del raio gran stratio, et del martoro, ... / ... Caminciò a stare i dadi per la mensa; Allo incontro Amor pose icori et l'alme / I ratti da i corpi d'altri affliti amanci... / ...Obi lingue peni alme et braccia et cori; by later hand, upper margin in brown ink: 96.; by later hand, center verso in red chalk: 259

Watermarks

anchor in a circle with a six pointed star

Wikidata ID

Q77016066

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