Busk

Unknown

17th century · metal · Costume Institute

Engraved with flowers and trophies of love is the poem (front): "Nymphs, drawn to the chase and to the shadows of these forests searching some secret places far from the ambush of the satyr." The second stanza (back) reads, "Nearby, jealous desire, frantic by a torment of love, has caused the death of a young lover who himself still sighs."

Artist

Unknown

Date

17th century

Medium

metal

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Harkness, 1930