The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 18, 2026

A horizontally oriented ink and wash drawing on tan paper depicts Cupid as a blindfolded, winged child with a light skin tone. He floats toward our right clutching a bow and arrows amid swirling clouds. To the upper right, two doves fly, while a second light-skinned figure emerges at the lower left. Dark brown lines and washes define the forms and shadows across the warm surface.

Cupid Blindfolded and Two Doves

1757 or after

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

(Italian, 1727–1804)
Italy, 18th century
pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash; framing lines in brown ink
Sheet: 18.9 x 25.4 cm (7 7/16 x 10 in.)
Gift of Robert Hays Gries 1941.604
Location: Not on view
  • Dr. Daniel A. Huebsch (according to departmental card)
  • Drawings: Discoveries in the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 7-October 28, 1990).
    Pepper Pike, Ohio, Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College; Lakewood, Ohio, Kenneth C. Beck Center, Drawing: A Line of Departure (Oct. 12-Dec. 15, 1985; Sep. 7-Nov. 3, 1986).
    CMA, "End of Continuous Exhibition of CMA Old Master Drawings in Director's Corridor in Old Bldg." (closed Mar. 13, 1957).
    CMA, removed, director's corridor (Oct. 19, 1954).
    CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (rearranged: Jan. 21, 1953).
    CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (June 30-Dec. 8, 1950; rehung Jan. 8, 1951, "with small changes").
    CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (May. 14, 1946- ).
    CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (July 27, 1944- ).
    Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 17-August 24, 1942).
    CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (June 17-Oct. 4, 1942).
    CMA (Recent Accessions room, Mar. 4-Apr. 21, 1942).
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