Cristofano Robetta
Italian, 1462-c.1535
Allegory of Carnal Love
INV-4370
Cristofano Robetta
Italian, 1462-c.1535c. 1530
Allegory of Carnal Love
Cristofano Robetta Italian, 1462-c.1535 →engravingprint
Date
c. 1530
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
30.2 × 20.8 cm (11 15/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.
Cristofano Robetta’s Allegory of Carnal Love depicts a scene of love and death in a friezelike composition, with two pairs of lovers in a triangle-like formation with a putto at each point. Standing at the far left of the scene is an enigmatic divine figure drawing in the bodies of the lovers closest to him with his sash. Is he, like the skull underfoot, a symbol of death, reminding the viewer of what lies in store?
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