Venus recreándose en la Música

Titian (ca. 1488-1576)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1550

Height:

138.0 cm  (54 5/16 in.)

Width:

222.4 cm  (87 9/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Place of creation:

Venezia (Italia)

School:

Venetian School

Additional titles

Description

Depiction of Venus reclining on a bed in front of a window through which a view into a garden with a satyr fountain is provided. Right of Venus is a dog (symbol of fidelity). Left of Venus, an organist and a Venetian organ are displayed. The painting depicts an allegory of music.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Organ [2266]

Image URLs

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Notes

There are five known works by Titian on the same subject: two of them in the collection of the Prado Museum (inv.-no.: P00420, P00421), see this database, ID 3329 and 3330; one in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv.-no.: 36.29), see this database ID 3331; one in the collection of the Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, see this database ID 3332; and one in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (inv.-no.: 129), see this database ID 2080.

RIdIM record id

3329