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Water-carriage with figure of Cupid hanging by one leg
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Water-carriage with figure of Cupid hanging by one leg
A Wassermaschine or water-carriage with musicians in fishscale costumes and a sleeping Cupid hanging by one leg. The car is followed by two winged women in heraldic colours and a sign Dormiens Anima Cupidini. Part of the celebration of the birth of Freiderich, Duke of Wurttemberg. Taken from Delineation und Abbildung aller furstlichen Aufzug und Ritterspielen by Esaias von Hulsen, 1617. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages, Chez Collignon, Metz, 1810
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