Venus and Cupid
Item
- Title
- Venus and Cupid
- Rights
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.
- Creator
- Lorenzo Lotto (1480-1556)
- Date
- 1520s
- Description
- Venus reclines on a blanket of lush blue fabric, underneath a tree hung with red drapery. her son, Cupid, and she hold onto a laurel wreath in which Cupid urinates through onto his mother. He smiles mischievously as Venus is turned away. Symbols of marriage and love, such as the myrtle wreath, along with symbols of the goddess, the seashell and the roses embellish the scene, identifying it as a marriage portrait.
- Format
- Painting. Oil on canvas. 92.4 x 111.4 cm
- Publisher
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Contributor
- Mckenzi Monical
- Identifier
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1986.138
- Subject
- Italian Renaissance; Renaissance painting; Venus; Cupid; love.
- Source
- Jpeg file. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 10/17/2023.
- https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436918
- Media
Venus and Cupid