Venus Blindfolding Cupid

1630–74

Not on view

After The Education of Cupid (1565) in the Galleria Borghese, Rome.

The print has been traced in red chalk on the verso.

Artwork Details

Title: Venus Blindfolding Cupid
Artist: Louis de Boullogne the Elder (French, Paris 1609–1674 Paris)
Artist: After Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Pieve di Cadore ca. 1485/90?–1576 Venice)
Date: 1630–74
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 7 3/8 × 9 15/16 in. (18.7 × 25.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. John H. Sichel, 1966
Object Number: 66.747.9
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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