Youth Pierced with the Arrows of Love
Relief
ca. 1690-1700 (made)
ca. 1690-1700 (made)
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This is a relief made by Joseph Pertot of Berne in Venice, about 1690-1700. This relief is in wax covered with seed pearls and coloured stones and representing a youth pierced with the arrows of love.
The elaborate frame is typically Venetian. The flesh of the youth is closely covered with minute seed pearls, while other parts of the relief are sprinkled with fragments of coloured stones.
The elaborate frame is typically Venetian. The flesh of the youth is closely covered with minute seed pearls, while other parts of the relief are sprinkled with fragments of coloured stones.
Object details
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| Title | Youth Pierced with the Arrows of Love |
| Materials and techniques | Wax covered with seed pearls and coloured stones |
| Brief description | Relief. wax with seed pearls and coloured stones, Italo-Swiss (Venice), by Joseph Pertot of Berne (active 1692), ca. 1690-1700 |
| Physical description | Cupid unties the cord of a youth attached to a tree and pierced with arrows. |
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| Summary | This is a relief made by Joseph Pertot of Berne in Venice, about 1690-1700. This relief is in wax covered with seed pearls and coloured stones and representing a youth pierced with the arrows of love. The elaborate frame is typically Venetian. The flesh of the youth is closely covered with minute seed pearls, while other parts of the relief are sprinkled with fragments of coloured stones. |
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| Accession number | 615-1872 |
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| Record created | March 19, 2004 |
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