Venus of Urbino By Titian


The Venus of Urbino is a 1538 oil painting by the Italian master Titian. It depicts a nude young woman, identified with the goddess Venus, reclining on a couch or bed in the sumptuous surroundings of a Renaissance palace. It hangs in the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence. The figure's pose is based on Giorgione's Sleeping Venus (c. 1510), which Titian completed. In this depiction, Titian has domesticated Venus by moving her to an indoor setting, engaging her with the viewer, and making her sensuality explicit. Devoid as it is of any classical or allegorical trappings – Venus displays none of the attributes of the goddess she is supposed to represent – the painting is unapologetically erotic.


 Product Details

Year Created: 1538
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 166 cm x 119 cm
Price: $1,100.00
Genres: High Renaissance
Renaissance
Subjects: People
Mythological
Allegory
Love
Uffizi Museum

Native Museum Name: Galleria degli Uffizi
Residing Country: Italy
Residing City: Florence
Lattitude: 44
Longitude: 11

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