The Feast of Venus (Vienna version) - Rubens
Date :
1637
Type of image :
Peinture sur toile
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
217x350 cm
Topic :
Storage Location :
Gemäldegalerie, 684
Description
Festival of Venus Verticordia, goddess of chaste love who protects against disordered passions.
Rubens began painting a variant of a composition by Titian, Homage to Venus, supposedly reproducing one of the canvases described by Philostratus (I, 6).
History :
2. Prague, imperial collection, 1685;
Vienna, imperial collection, 1733.
Textual Sources :
Technical Data
Notice #000848
Past ID :
A0167
Image editing :
Image web