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Love
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Love

Heinrich Aldegrever · 1552 · engraving; paper

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

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Personification of Love. Woman standing with a banner depicting the pelican feeding its young from its own breast (a symbol for Christ). In the background a pillar with two groups of people around it. In the upper right a coat of arms with a dog, above it a bird. Below the image a two-line text in Latin. Second print from a series of seven.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineLiefde. 1552. Heinrich Aldegrever. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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