Venus Reclining in a Landscape, c. 1517

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Captured in the idealized forms of voluptuous, reclining women, Victory and Venus-the goddess to whom Venice compared its beauty-became popular symbols of the island city's liberty, glorious art, and military power.

Details
Title
Venus Reclining in a Landscape
Artist Life
1500-1564
Role
Artist
Accession Number
P.13,763
Provenance
No Marks (Hind records the impression as having been from Dresden.)
Catalogue Raisonne
B.7; Hind V. 213.13
Curator Approved

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