Rébus on the subject of love, a riddle depicted on drapery, below a landscape with a pyramid and two obelisks, a bust of a sphinx at bottom

Stefano della Bella Italian

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The interpretation of the riddle per line is as follows:
'Ove è Amore è fedeltà / Amor solicito è segreto. / Dove è Amore è gelosia. / Amore è cieco e vede di lontano. / Amore passa il guanto e l'acqua li stivali. / Amor Amore, tu sei la mia rovina.'

Rébus on the subject of love, a riddle depicted on drapery, below a landscape with a pyramid and two obelisks, a bust of a sphinx at bottom, Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence), Etching

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