The Game of Civetta
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Pietro Fabris, The Game of Civetta, late 1700s. Oil paint on canvas; 33 3/8 × 47 7/8 in. (84.8 × 121.6 cm). Denver Art Museum: Gift of the Berger Collection Educational Trust, 2019.8.1
The painting is one of a pair illustrating an allegory of male naiveté and the slyness of women. “Civetta” is the Italian word for "screech-owl" but is also used informally to describe a flirtatious woman, or coquette. In the painting male birds are caught in traps set by women using an attractive woman as bait.
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