Image: National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
The National Museum of Western Art has highlighted two small Florentine engravings from the late 15th century in a museum post about ‘Myth, Allegory, and Celebration’. The works, ‘Cupid Riding an Eagle’ and ‘Youth Crowned by a Lady’, are presented as the opening examples in the exhibition’s first section.
The post describes the section as ‘Small Prints for Gift Boxes’, drawing attention to the intimate scale and portable nature of the works. Both engravings are identified as Florentine and are dated broadly to the late 15th century. No artist attribution is provided in the available material.
‘Cupid Riding an Eagle’ depicts the classical figure Cupid, while ‘Youth Crowned by a Lady’ presents a separate allegorical or symbolic scene. The museum’s description places the two prints within a thematic framework combining mythology, allegory and celebration, but does not provide further interpretation of their imagery.
The works are also described as related to the ‘Otto Prints’. The available notice does not explain the precise nature of that relationship, and it does not identify whether the term refers to a collection, group of works or another classification.
The museum’s post does not state exhibition dates, a venue, the full list of works, or the names of artists associated with the engravings. It identifies the National Museum of Western Art as the source of the announcement and directs readers to additional information concerning the ‘Otto Prints’.
