An allegory of Love

An allegory of Love
 (c. 1830)

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
pen and ink and watercolour over pencil
Measurements
22.8 × 29.0 (sheet)
Inscription
inscribed (diagonally) in pencil (in image) l.r.: Cristall / (…illeg.) R
Accession Number
1813-5
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented 1964–68
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Emotions and Mental States Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
allegory (artistic device) classicism cupids love (emotion) prisoners women (female humans)

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