Title
Love Conquers
Subject
Cupid (Roman deity)
Musical instruments
Music
Virgil
Chiaroscuro
Description
Also known as Amor Vincit Omnia. The painting illustrates the line from Virgil's Eclogues X.69, Omnia vincit amor et nos cedamus amori (Love conquers all, let us all yield to love!).
Creator
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da
Source
MRC Visual Resources Collection
Publisher
Department of Visual Studies
University at Buffalo
Date
1601 - 1603
CE
Contributor
Joe Easterly
Rights
Type
oil paintings (visual works)
paintings (visual works)
Still Image
Identifier
VS1423150
cc-20070222-1
Date Created
2011-08-22
Date Modified
2011-08-22
Is Part Of
Media Resource Center
Visual Resources Collection
VS001
Medium
oil on canvas
Spatial Coverage
Gemaldegalerie (Berlin, Germany)
Temporal Coverage
Baroque
Italian
Audience
UB Only
Collection
Tags
Citation
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, “Love Conquers,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed July 4, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/34298.