Quid amor, quam vera palestra!

Quid sævire parantinter se mutuo amores!
Ad quid blandidulis pugna animo sa placet:
Fama est Cyprinis, Martem usum amplexibus olim,
Hine miles factus creditur ales amor.

Amor senza riposo.

Si certo che Amor é una uera guerra,
Vn trauaglio, vn discordo senza riposo,
Percioche Venere se giunta con Marte in letto,
L'Amor lor figliolo non troua pace in terra.

Amour sans repos.

Depuis qu'un iour Venus et le Dieu des combats,
Melérent leurs baisers dans l'amoureuse guerre,
Les amans deuenus querelleurs et soldats,
Ne goutent guere entr'eux de repos sur la terre.

Verliefde zonder rust.

De Minnaars weeten van geen rust veel min van Vrêe,
Zy zyn vol onrust en in't Woên als uitgelaaten,
Wanneer al de krygsGod en de schoone Citerêe,
Zig 't Zaam Vereenen zyn de Minnaars ook Zoldaaten.

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Pictura mirrored and landscape, same motto, different Latin subscriptio: Quid Amor quam vera Palestra? [5] (in: anonymous, Thronus cupidinis (1620)) [Compare]

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Quid Amor quam vera Palestra? [5] (in: anonymous, Thronus cupidinis (1620))

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Three pairs of fighting cupids, one cupid trumpetting

groups of trees [25G11]
fist-fight [33B31]
dog [34B11]
blowing the hunting horn [43C1144]
quiver [45C23]
Pugnacity (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54AA45(+4)]
Unrest, Restlessness, Inquietude; 'Inquietudine' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54AA46(+4)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(QUID AMOR, QUAM VERA PALESTRA)]
Cupid struggling with or tormenting other persons, abstract concepts, (fabulous) animals, etc. [92D142]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(QUIVER)]
cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti' [92D1916]

Quid amor, quam vera palestra! [15]

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