Italian School, 16th Century

Omnia vincit Amor: Cupid subduing Pan

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Italian School, 16th Century
Omnia vincit Amor: Cupid subduing Pan
inscribed 'ET NOS CEDAMUS AMORI' (within the border garland)
pen and brown ink, brown wash, circular
2¼ in. (5.6 cm.) diam.

來源

Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (without his mark).
Thomas Banks, R.A.
Sir E.J. Poynter, P.R.A.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 18 April 1967, lot 123, as 'Holbein. Cupid wrestling with Pan'.

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拍品專文

The inscription around the border of the drawing is a fragment of Virgil's line from the Eclogues, X.69: 'omnia vincit Amor et nos cedamus amori [Love conquers all; let us all yield to Love]'. Only the latter part is inscribed because the first part is illustrated by the drawing itself.

Omnia vincit Amor: Cupid subduing Pan

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