Two putti try to make a fire Emblemes d'Amour (title on object), Two putti try in vain to make a spark out of a heart, by hitting it with a blow to create a fire with a tinder box. Broken arrows lie on the floor. One-sided love cannot catch fire like a spark and will not last. Eighth emblem from Emblemata Amatoria, (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros), spark, fire (variant), tinder box, Jan van Vianen, Northern Netherlands, 1686, paper, etching, h 145 mm × w 95 mm

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Two putti try to make a fire Emblemes d'Amour (title on object), Two putti try in vain to make a spark out of a heart, by hitting it with a blow to create a fire with a tinder box. Broken arrows lie on the floor. One-sided love cannot catch fire like a spark and will not last. Eighth emblem from Emblemata Amatoria, (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros), spark, fire (variant), tinder box, Jan van Vianen, Northern Netherlands, 1686, paper, etching, h 145 mm × w 95 mm

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