Artwork
A Cupid with a Coat of Arms (one of 29 painted panels from a frieze)
A Cupid with a Coat of Arms (one of 29 painted panels from a frieze) is an unspecified painting by the High Renaissance artist Unknown. It dates from 1500 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. This painting is one of 29 panels from a frieze, depicting a Cupid with a coat of arms.
About this work
Overview
This painting is one of 29 panels from a frieze, depicting a Cupid with a coat of arms.
Subject & Meaning
The Cupid, a chubby, winged infant with blond hair, holds a shield bearing a coat of arms featuring red and white diagonal stripes and a green top with three yellow stars, symbolizing a family's or individual's heraldic identity.
Technique & Style
The Cupid and coat of arms are set within an arch with a red background and white designs, characteristic of Renaissance artistic conventions, where Cupids were a common motif.
Artist & collection
Domestic Scene
Giacomo and Cardinal Marco, investing Andrea, Abbot of San Zeno, with his Benefice
The Nymph of Fontainebleau
Portrait of a Woman
Madonna and Child with Saints in the Enclosed Garden
Venus and Minerva
Family Group of Four on Sofa
Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
