Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Amor / Triumph
Amoretti / With objects / Coat-of-arms
Amoretti / With flowers, fruits, foliage or festoons / Foliage
Ganymede / Rape of Ganymede / Jupiter in human form
Mercury / Myths / Mercury, Herse, and Aglauros / Mercury welcomed in the house of Cecrops (not in Ovid)
Proserpina / Myths / Pluto and Proserpina / The rape of Proserpina / Pluto carrying away Proserpina on foot

LITERATURE

Ancient / Ovid / De Arte amatoria libri tres

ORNAMENT

Incorporating figures / Mythological / Amoretti

SECULAR ICONOGRAPHY

Title pages / Title surrounded by appropriate emblems or allegories

Further details

Artist or creator

Master of the Hamilton Xenophon (active c1470-c1490)

Date

1470 - 1490

Location

London, Sotheby's (Auction lot 56)

Auction

Sotheby's [22/06/1982]

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Book, text or document (source of image)

Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso). De arte amatoria libri tres.

Rights and Permissions

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

Contact

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