Italian Hand Colored Engraving by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein: Based on the Original Collection of Sir William Hamilton's Ancient Vases

A small winged boy reaches up with a wreath, while a tall woman holds a flowering staff and looks down at him.

This hand colored engraving, based on the original collection of Sir William Hamilton's ancient vases, is after Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, from Naples, Italy, around 1791, in ink on paper. Eros, the winged god of love, appears often on later Greek vases, often bearing a gift. Here the boy is left white, his wings spread, while the woman's robe is colored a deep orange. A flower tops her staff, and a short flight of steps fills the lower left. The image is 5.5 inches wide and 5.5 high.

Love, as usual, offering something and waiting for an answer.