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Triumphant Cupid among Emblems of Art and War
In the seventeenth century there was a palpable desire to master and explain one’s surroundings. Reality was to be conquered, measured, calculated, and understood. But the understanding of the world, and humankind’s place in it, also brought with it a deep crisis when the religious worldview was shaken by new theories. In this painting the god of love is seated among scientific instruments, artist…
Type of item
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
- Visual arts
Type of item
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
- Visual arts
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Nationalmuseum, Sweden
Provenance
- Transferred 1866 from Kongl. Museum (Lovisa Ulrika)
Identifier
- NM 410
- 17413
Extent
- Mått 169 x 242 cm
Format
- Oil on canvas
- Oil painting
Providing country
- Sweden
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-01-11T14:08:49.190Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-01-11T14:26:19.777Z