Otto van Veen

Cupid Shooting Arrows at the World Globe

1608 or shortly before (?)
Brush and gray ink, over black chalk, white gouache; framing line in pen and brown ink, probably by a later hand; incised for transfer
8.6 × 13.5 cm (3.4 × 5.3 in)

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