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Source Description
Venus, bearing a torch, is represented nude except for a cape hung around her shoulders, together with her attending son, Cupid, who with his right hand covers the nudity of his mother. Both figures stand on a scroll base under a fanciful canopy flanked by two pairs of flaming hearts and two doves. Two other birds flutter above the smoke rising from the flaming hearts. At left and right are grotesque monsters and snails. Below the cartouche, two old winged satyrs squat obscenely. A globe is beneath them. At the top of the canopy is a grotesque cherub mask. Above the head of Venus is the signature I. C.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
28089
label
Venus and Cupid
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
28089
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Venus and Cupid
description
Venus, bearing a torch, is represented nude except for a cape hung around her shoulders, together with her attending son, Cupid, who with his right hand covers the nudity of his mother. Both figures stand on a scroll base under a fanciful canopy flanked by two pairs of flaming hearts and two doves. Two other birds flutter above the smoke rising from the flaming hearts. At left and right are grotesque monsters and snails. Below the cartouche, two old winged satyrs squat obscenely. A globe is beneath them. At the top of the canopy is a grotesque cherub mask. Above the head of Venus is the signature I. C.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1560 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Enamels
plaques
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
13
height
10.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 1/8 x W: 4 in. (13 x 10.2 cm)
Source extras
med
painted translucent and semi-opaque enamel on foils on copper
creator_ids
3190
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
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