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

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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, an oval composition, ca. 1637–42, Etching, Sheet: 11 3/16 x 10 1/16 in. ( x cm), Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence), 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

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