The Triumph of Love (Triumphs of Petrarch series)

Artist Georg Pencz (German, ca. 1500 - 1550)

Datec. 1539

MediumEngraving

DimensionsPlatemark: 5 15/16 × 8 1/8 in. (15.1 × 20.7 cm) Sheet: 6 1/4 × 8 3/8 in. (15.9 × 21.3 cm)

Credit LinePurchased through the Hoehn Family Print Acquisition Fund

CultureGerman

InscribedInscription in lower margin: LIBERTVS. QVOMIAM. NVLLI. IAM. RESTAT. AMANTI. / NVLLVS. LIBER. ERIT. SIOVIS. AMARE. VOLET.; artist's monogram G P within image at l.r. handwritten in brown ink in lower margin corrections to Latin inscription: an "A" over the "V" in "LIBERTVS"; an "N" over the "M" and a tracing of the lower part of the "Q" in "QVOMIAM"; a tail to make the "O" in "SIOVIS" a "Q"; and at end of inscription "george penk(?)s." with line running over top of both words.

PortfolioThe Triumphs of Petrarch

Catalogue raisonnéHollstein vol.XXXI, 200, 97; Bartsch 117; Landau 116

Object numberPC2011.09.01

ClassificationsPrint Collection

Descriptionclassical, mythological subject; procession of figures in mountain landscape moving from left to right; at left four horses rearing and pullling a beared man in a chariot, gehind him standing on raised platform stands winged figure with bow and arrow (Cupid) blindfolded and aiming bow to right; procession of figures on right includes figure with trident (Poseidon) and at front figure with helmet and armor (Ares/Mars); at left a plume of smoke rises up from behind Cupid; in middleground at right is an open temple with a pediment and rows of columns, a large staircase terminates at a statue in a niche; in center background at top of image is a tower and surrounding structures perched at the top of a hill

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