''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 ...

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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

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