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Venus seated, blindfolding Cupid: AD.1.18-143

Current Location: In storage

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Venus seated, blindfolding Cupid
Scherzi d'Amore

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Fialetti, Odoardo

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century#
Production date: circa AD 1617

Note

Plate no.11 in a series entitled, Scherzi d'Amore, the Sport of Love.

School or Style

Italian

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: In vain Venus blindfolds the all-seeing / Cupid; in vain you make him blind, because / blind his arrows will be even more cruel.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: AD.1.18-143
Primary reference Number: 128187
Bartsch: 16
Illustrated Bartsch: 16 (269)

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 23 September 2022

Associated departments & institutions

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

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