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Love Aims Her Arrow at the Bride

Johannes Wierix · 1574 · letterpress printing; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Love (Charitas), accompanied by two small children, is about to shoot an arrow at the bride (Sponsa). The female personifications of various virtues, including Hope (Spes) and Faith (Fides), look on. In the margin a four-line inscription, in two columns, in Latin.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

print boekillustratie bride (in wedding-dress)

Credit lineLiefde richt haar pijl op de bruid. 1574. Johannes Wierix. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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