Venus Stung by Cupid's Arrows
17th-18th century
Artists
Dimensions
Plate: 26.8 × 17 cm (10 9/16 × 6 11/16 in.) Sheet: 42 × 27.5 cm (16 9/16 × 10 13/16 in.)
Provenance
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister. Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall
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