Cupid on a lion

Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Giulio Romano Italian

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Cupid riding a lion, walking in profile to right, holding a band wound around its neck and forehead. From a series of six plates, etched by Hollar after drawings by Giulio Romano from the collection of Nicolas Lanier, designs for stucco medallions at the Palazzo Te in Mantua.

Cupid on a lion, Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London), Etching; only state

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