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Eros Escaping by Sea, after the engraving by Marco Dente da Ravenna, after Raphael
Date:
early 16th century
Location:
Not on display
Century:
Media:
Engraving
Dimensions:
12.3 x 16.1 cm (image)
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Object Type:
Country:
Continent:
Europe
Accession Number:
1963.30.3140
Acquisition Date:
1950-05-18
Credit Line:
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
Winged cupid rowing a little boat using his bow for an oar, steering with his foot, seated on his arrows and surmounted by a bandoliera inscribed: "Sic fuga violenta monet"
Contemporaneous Works “Art from the same century and country”
The Visitation, pl. 8 in The Life of the Virgin (early 16th century)