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A Blindfolded Cupid Holding a Torch before a Couple, plate 7 from "The Masquerades"

Workshop of Jacques de Gheyn II Netherlandish
After Jacques de Gheyn II Netherlandish
1595–96
Not on view
Composition of three figures. On the left side of the sheet a cupid is depicted, wearing a blindfold and holding up a burning torch. To the right a man and woman are depicted. The man is turned towards the woman, who wears a mask. They seem to be looking each other in the eye and are holding hands.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title:
    A Blindfolded Cupid Holding a Torch before a Couple, plate 7 from "The Masquerades"
  • Series/Portfolio:
    The Masquerades
  • Artist:
    Workshop of Jacques de Gheyn II (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565–1629 The Hague)
  • Artist:
    After Jacques de Gheyn II (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565–1629 The Hague)
  • Date:
    1595–96
  • Medium:
    Engraving; first state of three
  • Dimensions:
    Sheet: 9 5/16 × 6 11/16 in. (23.7 × 17 cm)
  • Classification:
    Prints
  • Credit Line:
    The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
  • Object Number:
    49.95.1229(7)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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