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Pendant in the form of Cupid in a niche
Also titled Hanger in de vorm van Amor in een nis
c. 1560 - c. 1580
- Medium
- pearl, gold (metal), email
- Classification
- pendant (jewelry)
- Dimensions
- height 5.5 cm x width 3.9 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
Efforts to reproduce a design quickly and simply were made as early as the Renaissance. Looking closely at this pendant, one can see that it is assembled of various parts: the niche, the little figure and the settings of the precious stones are joined together with screws.
