Venus Blindfolding Cupid

Masterpiece

Venus Blindfolding Cupid

Details

Artist

Titian · Venetian Renaissance

Where

Galleria Borghese · Room XX

Year

1565

About

Late Titian — the paint loose, the flesh warm and almost dissolving. Venus binds a scarf over Cupid's eyes while another cupid watches, and two nymphs bring the bow and quiver. Painted in his late seventies, this is Titian's mature style: form emerging from color, edges blurring, the atmosphere doing the drawing.

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