Giovanni Andrea Podestà
Allegory with Cupid and Putti

CultureItalian
Titles
  • Allegory with Cupid and Putti
Date1640
MediumEtching and engraving
Dimensions265 × 394 mm
Plate or block: 10 3/8 × 15 1/2 in. (26.4 × 39.4 cm)
Sheet (sheet): 11 1/16 × 16 1/16in. (28.1 × 40.8cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1997.28
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Object Type
Provenance[Hill-Stone, London]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1997.


Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscriptions: Upper left, on easel: Al'Sig.r Guido Reni / And.P.D.D.D. / Lower left: Romae apud Franciscum Saluucium 1640 / Verses, lower center and right: Pulcher Amicitiam, et lasciuu[m] pingit Amore[m], / Dum Puer Idalius, spectat Phebea Ptesis, / Musica, quam sequitur, Princepsq[ue] huic surda sedenti / Mors astat, cuius timor est, qui horret Puer, alter / Fert Cineres Heroum, has uentus discipat; alter / Paruulus est Tempus fluidum, Vitaeq[ue] Necisq[ue] / Est signum in manibus collucet splendida, cui fax, / Spesq[ue] boni summi Phenix est, quae quatit alas.




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