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Worship of Venus

TitleWorship of Venus

Technique/ MaterialOil on canvas

DimensionsDimensions: (h x b) 195 x 210 cm
Frame: (h x b x dj) 239 x 254 x 19 cm

DatingMade 1635 - 1638

Artist/Maker Artist: Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish, born 1577, dead 1640
Free copy after: Tizian, Italian, born ca 1488 or 1490, born ca 1488 or 1490, born c. 1488 or 1490, dead 1576-08-27

CategoryPaintings, Paintings

Classificationpainting

Inventory No.NM 599

AcquisitionGift 1865 Karl XV

Collection Tur i kärlek

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Images and media: The legendary book Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, published in Venice in 1499, includes a description of the garden of the goddess of love on Kythira Island. This depiction later inspired Titian and Watteau. When the former portrayed Venus’ garden, here as a free copy by Rubens, it is not apparent that the vegetation was based on advanced geometry. It is all hidden by a multitude of winged putti, who are picking apples to honour the goddess of love.