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An Allegory of the Power of Love

Cristofano Robettaafter 1500

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States

  • Title: An Allegory of the Power of Love
  • Creator: Cristofano Robetta
  • Date Created: after 1500
  • Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate on tablet hanging from tree branch, upper right: “ROBETA”
  • Object Type: Prints, works of art
  • Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
  • Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Purchase funds, 1969
  • Materials & Techniques: Engraving on laid paper. Watermark: Undeciphered watermark on man’s thigh
  • Keywords: allegory, love
  • Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
  • Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 300 mm x 280 mm (11.81 in. x 11.02 in.).
  • Bibliography: Hind D.II-29 (vol. 1, p. 205; plate 292); National Gallery of Art "Early Italian Engraving," cat. 120; PCA "Census"
  • Associated People: Created by Cristofano Robetta (Italian, 1462 - ca. 1535)
  • Accession Number: 1969.30.1
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

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