ANTEIT VENATIO CAPTUM.

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Venator saltus atque inuia lustna pererrat,
Sectaturque vagas per iuga summa feras:
Ne cessator eris qui amas; venêre necesse est.
Non petet ipsa tuum praeda cupita sinum.

Pindar.
Si verò aliqua est inter homines felicitas, ea non
sine labore existit.

The chasing goeth before the taking.

Before the deer bee caught it first must hunted bee,
The Ladie eke pursu’d before shee bee obtaynd,
Payn makes the greater woorth of oughts thats thereby gaynd,
For nothing easly goo wee do esteemed see.

Nulla senza fatica.

Si segue il ceruo al monte, en nell’ asprezza,
Cosi la Dama anchora si procaccia,
Folle chi pensa ch’ ella dia la caccia.
Quel che presto s’occien, presto si sprezza.

Jaghen voor ’t vanghen.

Eer t’ hert men vanghen kan/ de Liefde moet eerst iaghen,
Met houden van ghesmeeck/ van eer’ en dienst beleeft/
Hoe ’t meerder moeyten kost/ hoe men ’t veel lieuer heeft.
In ’t gheen men lichtlick vanght/ men lichtlick heeft mishaghen.

Chasser auant la prinse.Should 'prinse' by read as 'prise'? Compare emblem no. 349 in De la Feuille's Devises et emblemes.

Il faut courir le cerf, par monts, vaux, par campaignes,
La Dame aussi se veut par grand pourchas matter,
n’Attens qu’elle se vienne entre tes bras jetter,
Ce que sans peine on prend, bien tost on le desdaigne.

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Translations

Het jagen voorkomt gevangenneming.

Chasing forestalls being trapped.

De jager dwaalt door wouden en onbegaanbare moerassen en jaagt over hoge bergen op zwervende wilde dieren. Jij die liefhebt, mag niet aflaten; je moet op jacht gaan. De verlangde buit zal niet uit zichzelf naar je schoot komen.

The hunter wanders through forests and impassable marshes and he hunts for unsettled wild animals. You who love, may not cease; you must go out hunting, for the desired catch will not come to your bosom of its own.

Pindarus, Pythische oden 12, 28-29.

Alle geluk dat er onder mensen is, verschijnt niet zonder moeite.

Pindarus, Pythische oden 12, 28-29.

If there is any happiness among men, it does not appear without toil.

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Literature

Sebastiàn, Lectura crítica, p. 34

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Sources and parallels

Possibly parallel for the pictura in: Venatio amoris. [20] (in: anonymous, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1628)) [Compare]
Anteit venatio captum [37] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618)) [Compare]
Parallel for the pictura (mirrored) and the same Latin, Dutch and French motto in: Un Amour qui joüe du Cor pour animer ses Chiens qui courent aprés un Cerf (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691)) [Compare]

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Venatio amoris. [20] (in: anonymous, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1628))
Un Amour qui joüe du Cor pour animer ses Chiens qui courent aprés un Cerf (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))
Anteit venatio captum [37] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618))

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A cupid and some hunting dogs are chasing a deer

hoofed animals: deer (+ running animal) [25F24(DEER)(+5212)]
(high) hill [25H1113]
running [31A27112]
dog (+ running animal) [34B11(+95212)]
stag-hunting [43C111241]
blowing the hunting horn [43C1144]
hunting dogs [43C1147]
archer's weapons: bow [45C15(BOW)]
quiver [45C23]
Perseverance, Resolution, Determination; 'Perseveranza' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [53A2(+4)]
Reward, 'Praemium'; 'Premio', 'Remuneratione' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [55A12(+4)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(ANTEIT VENATIO CAPTUM)]
other non-aggressive activities of Cupid [92D156]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(BOW)]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(QUIVER)]

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Anteit venatio captum [66]

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