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Title:
Gift of the Heart
Creator:
Description:
In a garden, a man offers his heart to a woman. In one hand she holds a plucked rose over her lap and with the other she holds a falcon--a symbol of sexual voraciousness tamed. The other animals in the scene symbolize the positive qualities of a happy union: the rabbits signify fertility and a desire to mate, and the dog jumps towards the woman's lap--the place where the man would like to be.
Source:
Wikimedia Commons: Web Gallery of Art #24173
Rights:
Public domain
Subject
(See Also)
:
Animals
Courtly Love
Dogs
Domination
Falcons
Flowers
Gardens
Hearts
Rabbits
Roses
Sexuality
Geographic Area:
France; Low Countries
Century:
15
Date:
ca. 1400-1410
Related Work:
Full record and images available from the Louvre:
http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/gift-heart
Current Location:
Paris, Musée du Louvre, OA 3131
Original Location:
Artistic Type (Category):
Digital images; Textiles
Artistic Type (Material/Technique):
Silk; Wool; Tapestries
Donor:
Height/Width/Length(cm):
247/209/
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