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Love Penetrates the Heart of Dido
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Gerard de Lairesse, Nicolaes Visscher I, and others

Love Penetrates the Heart of Dido

c. 1668

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Love Penetrates the Heart of Dido

Gerard de Lairesse, Nicolaes Visscher I, and others

Love Penetrates the Heart of Dido

Love Penetrates the Heart of Dido

c. 1668

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 112 x 160 mm. (4 7/16 x 6 5/16 in.) Plate: 67 x 104 mm. (2 5/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.1397

Signed: 1

Inscribed: On light ground at lower left: "98" Beneath plate mark at left in graphite: "LB 43"

Markings: WM: D [heart] TAMIZIER / AUVERGNE [truncated]

Artist

Gerard de Lairesse

Dutch, 1641 - 1711

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Publisher

Nicolaes Visscher I

Dutch, 1618 - 1679

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Publisher

Nicolaes Visscher II

Dutch, 1649 - 1702

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Publisher

Gerard Valck

Dutch, 1651/52 - 1726

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Man with a Torch near a Sarcophagus
1665-1746
THE HUSBAND (READING ALOUD): "WE LAY INDOLENTLY ON THE FRAGRANT MOSS, WHILE THE BEAMS OF THE MOON FLICKERED THROUGH THE BRANCHES OF A WILLOW, GENTLY SWAYING IN THE EVENING BREEZE. OVERCOME WITH LOVE WE CRIED TO TO HEAVEN THE LONGINGS WE FELT IN OUR HEARTS." HIS WIFE (SOTTO VOCE): HOW CAN HE POSSIBLY READ SUCH POETRY AND WEAR A NIGHT BONNET AND A FACE LIKE THIS.
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The husband (reading aloud): "We lay indolently on the fragrant moss, while the beams of the moon flickered through the branches of a willow, gently swaying in the evening breeze. Overcome with love we cried to to heaven the longings we felt in our hearts." His wife (sotto voce): how can he possibly read such poetry and wear a night bonnet and a face like this.
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SILENUS PULLED OUT OF THE WATER
Johannes Glauber, Gerard de Lairesse, and others
Silenus Pulled out of the Water
1665-1746
TELEMACHUS RESTORED TO VIRTUE. / HIS HEART THAT TOO LONG EUCHARIS HELD / BROKE AWAY ONE DAY AND NEVER FELT / THIS FRESH NEW LOVE IT CHANGED FOREVER / GO LOOK FOR DADDY, SAID MENTOR, THE CLEVER. (FÉNÉLON BOOK XII)
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Telemachus restored to virtue. / His heart that too long Eucharis held / broke away one day and never felt / this fresh new love it changed forever / Go look for Daddy, said Mentor, the clever. (Fénélon Book XII)
1842
FIVE PUTTI DANCING TO THE MUSIC OF A TRIANGLE
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Five Putti Dancing to the Music of a Triangle
1665-1746
PUTTI PLAYING IN A GARDEN, WITH GRAPES AND A STATUE
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Putti playing in a garden, with grapes and a statue
c. 1670-1690
PUTTI PLAYING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND A DOG
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Putti playing musical instruments and a dog
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