Man feeds love, represented here by the female personification Venus, with wine and bread. Bacchus stands behind the couple with bunches of grapes and a wine barrel, Ceres carries a horn of plenty of fruit and grains. Above the pair, Amor floats with bow and arrow. A small sentence at the bottom right, Ohn wein und broch leads Venus noch, shows that love must be nurtured if it is to be sustained. A verse in Latin in the margin below explains the performance, Man feeds love with wine and bread., print maker: Nicolaes de Bruyn, (mentioned on object), Nicolaes de Bruyn, publisher: Assuerus van

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