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Detail from "Self Portrait", c. 1669 by Ferdinand Bol (1616-1680) -
Rijks Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Note the pale sleeping Cupid, a reference of "tamed love". Perhaps Mr. Bol (who studied with
Rembrandt) uses the theme of Psyche who tamed Cupid in the context of
forthcoming marriage.
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