Death and cupid firing arrows while flying, by Alciato (1621)

Death and cupid firing arrows while flying, by Alciato (1621)

This emblem shows cupid and death, represented by a winged child and a flying skeleton, respectively, flying over people and shooting them. On the ground, we can see a young man on the right, and an old man and a woman on the left.

The emblem also shows that death, whose gender is in itself ambiguous, does not distinguish genres, like love, which is identified as a minimally sexed child.

Alciato, Andrea (1492-1550)
Tozzi, Petro Paulo (1596-1627)

Emblematica Online - Resources for Emblem Studies.
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Image De Morte & Amore (p. Tt1rp657) from the book Emblemata (Tozzi edition) by Tozzi, Petro Paulo (1621) of Emblematum liber or Emblemata by Alciato, first published in 1531 and 1534.
From Glasgow University Library: SM1226
http://www.emblems.arts.gla.ac.uk/alciato/emblem.php?id=A21a155

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1621

Emblem.
Dimensions: Unknown