VINCIT AMOR ASTV.

Ouid.
Centum fronte oculos, centum post terga gerebat
Argus, & hos vnus sæpè fefellit Amor.

Love exceeds in subtiltie.

Thogh Argus do not want an hundreth eyes to see,
Yet Cupid by his pype can bring them closse a-sleep,
But who asleep can ought from Cupid safely keep?
When watchfulnes it self deceau’d by him may bee.

Vigil’ Amor la vigilanza inganna.

Pon’ Argo in van ne gl’ occhi suoi speranza,
Che Amor l’accieca, e dolcemente appanna,
Scorge, & fura ogni cosa, & ancho inganna
Con la scaltrezza sua la vigilanza.

Liefdes list bouen al.

Of Argus is versien met hondert clare oghen/
Cupido kanse doen slapen door sijn spel/
Gheen dingh is soo bewaert of hy vercrijght het wel.
Cupido dickwijls heeft de wackerheyt bedroghen

La ruse d’Amour passe tout.

Argus en ses cent yeux a beau mettre fiance,
Pas son ieu les endort Amour trompeur bien fin,
Rien n’est si bien gardé qu’il n’emporte à la fin,
Sa finesse deçoit de tous la vigilance.

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Liefde wint met list.

Love triumphs by cunning.

Ovidius, Amores 3, 4, 19-20.

Argus had honderd ogen voor en honderd achter, en alleen de liefde heeft die vaak bedrogen.

Ovidius, Amores 3, 4, 19-20.

Argus had hundred eyes in the front, a hundred in the back of his head. And these Love alone often deceived.

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Literature

Praz, Seventeenth-Century Imagery, p. 102
Sebastiàn, Lectura crítica, p. 47

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Vincit Amor astu [64] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618)) [Compare]
Mecury playing flute to Argus: Sambucus, Emblemata, embl. 42
Parallel for the pictura (mirrored, background less detailed) and for some mottoes (Latin, Italian, French) in: Un Cupidon qui insinuë avec une Flute ce qu’il veut à un Vieillard (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691)) [Compare]

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Un Cupidon qui insinuë avec une Flute ce qu’il veut à un Vieillard (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))
Vincit Amor astu [64] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618))

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A cupid playing flute for an old man, who is sitting on the ground

river [25H213]
sleeping on the ground - BB - out of doors [31BB13]
quiver [45C23]
flute, aulos, tibia [48C7351]
Alertness, Vigilance; 'Guardia', 'Vigilanza', 'Vigilanza per difendersi & oppugnare altri' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [52A23(+4)]
Strength, Power; 'Fortezza', 'Fortezza d'Animo e di corpo', 'Fortezza del corpo congiunta con la generosité dell'animo', 'Fortezza & valore del corpo congiunto con la prudenza & virtù del animo', 'Forza' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54A7(+4)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)]
Cunning, Slyness; 'Astutia ingannevole' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [57AA613(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(VINCIT ASTU AMOR)]
'Omnia vincit Amor', Love the conqueror, Love triumphant [92D1511]
other non-aggressive activities of Cupid [92D156]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(QUIVER)]
Io as a cow watched by Argus [97CC62]
Mercury lulls Argus into sleep by making music (+ variant) [97CC64(+0)]

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