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

Wellcome Collection 2823249i

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