A putto standing on clouds holding a yoke on his shoulders; representing use of youthful strength. Etching by V. Vanni after L. Lorenzi after M.A. Franceschini.

[ca. 1774]

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image and lettering 28 x 16.8 cm

Dum vires annique sinunt, tolerate labores; / Iam veniet tacito curva senecta pede. Ovid. ; Marc. Ant. Franceschini inv. Laur. Lorenzi delin. Violantes Vanni sculp. The verses by Ovid urge the reader to pursue strenuous labours in youth, before the silent approach of old age

One in a series of etchings by Vanni, Lorenzi and Bartolozzi after drawings by Franceschini in the collection of Carlo Gerini in Florence

Wellcome Collection 2823249i