Angel shooting roses tattoo?

Question

I am looking for the name of a painting with an angel shooting a rose from an arrow. Johnny Messner has a tattoo of this and it can be seen at the link below. does anyone know the name of the painting it is from, it is meant to be 17th century.

http://www.johnnymessner.net/id13.htm

Answer 1

Likely it is from that time period, judging from the style; but no, I've never seen it that I recall, or the painting from which it is presumably done. Seems to me that the roses being shot as arrows from a bow would be a more modern rendition of a more traditional work, but that's just an opinion, based on a working knowledge of seventeenth century art... no way to tell for sure.  Tattoo flash being what it is, it could have been a simple alteration. It IS a rather modern idea. That doesn't mean I'm right about it, that's just what I think.