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Venus seated with Cupid, holding an arrow: AD.1.18-144

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Venus seated with Cupid, holding an arrow
Scherzi d'Amore

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Fialetti, Odoardo

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Transferred (1876) by Cambridge University Library

Dating

17th Century#
Production date: circa AD 1617

Note

Plate no.2 in a series entitled, Scherzi d'Amore, the Sport of Love.

School or Style

Italian

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: AD.1.18-144
Primary reference Number: 128178
Bartsch: 7
Illustrated Bartsch: 7 (267)
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 23 September 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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