Winged death and Cupid shooting arrows, by Alciato and Lopez (1615)

Winged death and Cupid shooting arrows, by Alciato and Lopez (1615)

In this emblem, a winged death and Cupid are shooting arrows to people on the ground. The image seems to represent a woman shot with an arrow on the left, an old man shot in the centre, and a man and a kid shot on the right. The emblem seems to suggest that death and love do not distinguish genders.

Alciato, Andrea (1492-1550)
Lopez, Diego (c. 1600 - 1655)

Emblematica Online - Resources for Emblem Studies.
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Image from the book Declaracion magistral sobre las Emblemas de Andres Alciato, by Andrea Alciato and Diego Lopez (1615). (quarto edition)
From Glasgow University Library: SM1225
http://www.emblems.arts.gla.ac.uk/alciato/emblem.php?id=A15a153

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1615

Emblem.
Dimensions: Unknown