Plate with Venus combing Cupid's hair
Odoardo Fialetti
mid-17th century · Faience (tin-glazed earthenware) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
The scene of Venus combing Cupid's hair is after an engraving by Odoardo Fialetti (1573–1638) from the series "Scherzi d'Amore" (Sport of Love) published in Venice in 1617.
- Artist
- Odoardo Fialetti
- Date
- mid-17th century
- Medium
- Faience (tin-glazed earthenware)
- Culture
- French, Nevers
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
