Identification title(s): brave love. Amour vaillant (title on object). Object type: drawing design object number: rp-t-1943-84. Description: amour vaillant: cupid stands guard by a long burning torch, in the background a loving couple. Design for a picture. Manufacture. Manufacturer: draftsman: pieter serwouters. Dating: 1606 - 1611. Physical characteristics: pen and brush in brown. Material: paper technique: pen / inscription / brush. Dimensions: h 87 mm × w 119 mmexplanationdesign for an emblem in "emblemata amatoria" by p. C. Hooft, amsterdam 1611. Subject: what: (personifications and symbolic representations of) love; 'amore (secondo seneca)' (ripa). Alertness, vigilance; 'guardia', 'vigilanza', 'vigilanza per difendersi & oppugnare altri' (ripa)(story of) cupid, amor (eros). Acquisition: purchase 1943. Date: between 1606 and 1611.
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