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Plate with Venus combing Cupid's hair
Odoardo Fialetti, mid-17th century
- Artist
- Odoardo Fialetti (Italian, Bologna 1573–1637/38 Venice)
- Date
- mid-17th century
- Medium
- Faience (tin-glazed earthenware)
- Size
- Diameter: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
- Type
- Ceramics-Pottery
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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