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Cupid prepares to shoot an arrow as Venus looks over her right shoulder, from "Sport of Love" (Scherzi d'amore)
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Cupid prepares to shoot an arrow as Venus looks over her right shoulder, from "Sport of Love" (Scherzi d'amore)

Dimensions

Sheet (Trimmed): 5 11/16 × 3 11/16 in. (14.4 × 9.4 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Odoardo Fialetti

1573–1638Republic of Venice

Comment on works: Painter; Etcher

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