Ziel van mijn ziel Ame de mon Ame (titel op object), RP-T-1943-83, Pieter Serwouters, between 1606 and 1611

Identification title(s): soul of my soul. Ame de mon ame (title on object). Object type: drawing design object number: rp-t-1943-83. Description: ame de mon ame: cupid seated in front of a fire, in the background a group of dancing people. Design for a picture. Manufacture. Manufacturer: draftsman: pieter serwouters. Dating: 1606 - 1611. Physical characteristics: pen and brown. Material: paper technique: pen / inscription. Dimensions: h 86 mm × w 120 mmexplanationdesign for an emblem in "emblemata amatoria" by p. C. Hooft, amsterdam 1611. Subject: what: folk dancing (men and women together)(personifications and symbolic representations of) love; 'amore (secondo seneca)' (ripa), sleeping cupid; possibly signifying a slackening of love's influence. Acquisition: purchase 1943. Date: between 1606 and 1611.