Hymenaeus, god of marriage. Engraving after V. Cartari, 15--.

  • Cartari, Vincenzo, 1531?-1590.
Date:
[between 1600 and 1650?]
Reference:
2855878i
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Description

He holds a torch. Boys gather nuts, apparently representing the perpetuity and indissolubility of marriage and the necessity of abandoning childish things

Publication/Creation

[Italy?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1600 and 1650?]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; image 18 x 12.2 cm

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Bears text on verso describing this engraving

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2855878i

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