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Compositions with Venus, Cupid and ceiling decoration
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Compositions with Venus, Cupid and ceiling decoration

anonymous · 1686 - 1724 · etching; paper

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

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Two decorative compositions with interlacing. In the upper composition in the center an oval medallion with Venus and Amor. Left and right thermes with satyr heads. Left an monkey shoots a blowpipe towards a second monkey on the right. The lower composition is a ceiling design with interlacing, a rosette in the center, masks with flower baskets, sphinxes and two laurel wreaths.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printornamentprent(decorated) ceiling
Credit lineComposities met Venus, Amor en plafonddecoratie. 1686 - 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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