Venus and Cupid, n.d.a.

  • Italian
  • Odoardo Fialetti, Italian, 1573-1638

Etching printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 7 × 3 3/4 inches (17.8 × 9.5 cm) Sheet: 7 1/8 × 3 7/8 inches (18.1 × 9.8 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S488.50B

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Stamped, in purple, verso: J. PEOLI (Lugt 2020)

Inscribed, in plate, lower margin: Queste neui animate, ahi quali, ahi guanti | Destan ne petti altrui uoraci ardori | Posi ben tu, ma no han posa i Cori. Inscribed, lower right corner of plate: Z Inscribed, in ink, verso: OR

May 1894, J.J. Peoli (New York, New York). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Italian; after Odoardo Fialetti, Venus and Cupid, n.d.a., etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S488.50B.