Cupid with Weapons of Mars, ca. 1547–62, Engraving, first state, Sheet: 5 3/4 x 4 7/16 in. ( x cm), Prints, Adamo

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Cupid with Weapons of Mars, ca. 1547–62, Engraving, first state, Sheet: 5 3/4 x 4 7/16 in. ( x cm), Prints, Adamo (Ghisi) Scultori (Italian, Mantua ca. 1530–1587 Rome), The union between Venus, goddess of love, and Mars, god of war, was often understood as emblematic of love's power to calm the aggressive spirit. In 'De rerum natura' (On the Nature of Things, –40) of 55 B

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