"En ratio dia en hominum aerumnosa cupido" The combat between Reason and Amor (love)
Nicolas Beatrizet (1507/15 - Rome 1565)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1545
Materials
Ink on paper
Measurements
425 x 535 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.3.41
Summary
(Folio 15, recto) The combat between Reason and Amor (love); two male nudes shoot arrows at each other watched by the assembled Olympian gods; above a female holds a flaming heart-shaped vase.
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom: Lettered with eight lines of verse along bottom (En ratio dia en hominum aerumnosa cupido), and with production details, in centre 'Baccius Brandin. inven' and on right 'Ant Salamanca excudeb Roma 1545 NB F
Makers and roles
Nicolas Beatrizet (1507/15 - Rome 1565), creator