Beschrijving
First print of the series: Love. In the foreground a young man playing a lute under a tree with Cupid aiming an arrow at him; beyond is a park with a loggia and figures making music, eating and drinking at a table in the open air; at left is a Diana fountain, a female torso spurting water from her breasts atop a turtle; by the musician’s feet are various musical instruments, a sport racket, a sword, gloves and a moneybag. Inscribed on the bottom:’Dum mihi… foelix qui potuit dicere talis eram.’; number ‘253’ added with brown ink, titled above:’AMOR’ Inscription Content: Lettered above with “AMOR”. Below left “Martin de vos inventor / Raphael Sadeler scalpsit et excudit” and date “1591”. In the margin two columns of Latin, each four lines “Dum mihi … eram”.
