Omnia Vincit Amor, 1599, Engraving, Plate: 5 × 7 3/8 in. (12.7 × 18.8 cm), Prints, Agostino Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1557–1602 Parma), This image is a pun derived on a famous line in Virgil's tenth Eclogue, 'Love conquers all.' The Latin word omnia, like the Greek word pan, signifies 'all', while amor, the Latin name for Cupid, means 'love', so that Cupid's victorious combat with the woodland god is a visual translation of the phrase
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