''Venus Blindfolding Cupid'' is a c.1565 painting by
Titian
Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italians, Italian (Republic of Venice, Venetian) painter of the Renaissance, considered the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school (art), ...
, now in the
Galleria Borghese
The Galleria Borghese () is an art gallery in Rome, Italy, housed in the former Villa Borghese Pinciana. At the outset, the gallery building was integrated with its gardens, but nowadays the Villa Borghese gardens are considered a separate tourist ...
in
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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The painting has been copied many times.
File:Venus sätter bindel för Amors ögon (Andrea Schiavone) - Nationalmuseum - 157950.tif, Version by Andrea Schiavone
File:After Titian - Venus Blindfolds Cupid Sc654.jpg, 1560s copy by anonymous artist
This painting was formerly in the collection of
Cornelis van der Geest and can be seen in two paintings of his art gallery in the 1630s by
Willem van Haecht
Willem van Haecht (1593 – 12 July 1637) was a Flemish painter best known for his pictures of art galleries and collections.
Life
Willem van Haecht was born in Antwerp as the son of the landscape painter Tobias Verhaecht. Tobias Verhaecht wa ...
.
File:Willem van Haecht - Alexander the Great visits the studio of Apelles N08610-169-lr-1.jpg, ''Alexander the Great visits the studio of Apelles'', 1628-1637
File:Willem van Haecht (II) - Apelles painting Campaspe - 2.jpg, ''Apelles painting Campaspe'', 1630
See also
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List of works by Titian
This incomplete list of works by Titian contains representative portraits and mythological and religious works from a large oeuvre that spanned 70 years. (Titian left relatively few drawings.) Painting titles and dates often vary by source.
Lis ...
1565 paintings
Mythological paintings by Titian
Paintings in the Borghese Collection
Paintings of Venus
Paintings of Cupid
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