Venus Blindfolding Amor, from the series of Sport of Love (Scherzi d’amore) Odoardo Fialetti

Artist	Odoardo Fialetti Bologna, 1573−1638
Culture	Italian
Place of production	Italy
Date	1617
Object type	print
Medium, technique	paper, etching
Dimensions	179 x 93 mm (platemark)
Inventory number	6919
Collection	Prints and Drawings
On view	This artwork is not on display

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Signed lower right: ‘OFf’, inscribed in the margin: ‘Per troppo occhiuto in van Venere, incolpi/Amor e in vano a lui tu bendi i lumi/Che sien piu crudi hor ch’egli e cieco, i colpi’, and numbered ’11’

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