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Cupid demanding the bow from Venus: AD.1.18-150

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Cupid demanding the bow from Venus
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.8 in a series entitled, Scherzi d"Amore, the Sport of Love.

School or Style

Italian

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: translation (by Lino Mannocci)

  • Text: ‘Those bows from which I send arrows to my / peers: I beg you, give mine back to me; Without it I carry the sharp arrows in vain.’
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: AD.1.18-150
Primary reference Number: 128184
Bartsch: 13
Illustrated Bartsch: 13 (268)
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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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