MAKE A MEME View Large Image Master of Guillebert de Mets - Tender Embrace - Walters W166118R - Detail A.jpg The trials and games of love can be disheartening but nothing is more rewarding than finally winning someone's affection Here two lovers have dispensed with the ...
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Keywords: Master of Guillebert de Mets - Tender Embrace - Walters W166118R - Detail A.jpg The trials and games of love can be disheartening but nothing is more rewarding than finally winning someone's affection Here two lovers have dispensed with the games and tenderly embrace As they hold each other tightly flowers and golden leaves seem to spring from their very bodies celebrating the blossoming of love within them Although it may seem inappropriate to pair lovers with an image of Christ's death they may be intended to remind us of the eternal joy resulting from that event ca 1425 30 Renaissance parchment with ink opaque watercolor and gold cm 16 7 13 3 accession number W 166 118R 81318 Henry Walters Baltimore after 1894 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters after 1894 The Gothic Revival The Illuminated Manuscript in Medieval and Modern Times The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1991 Medieval Games of Love and War The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995-1996 Checkmate Medieval People at Play The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2010 place of origin Geraardsbergen Belgium Walters Art Museum license 2D Walters MS W166 - Book of Hours of Daniel Rym and Elisabeth van Munte Standing couples in art Medieval miniatures of couples in love
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