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Cambridge; Dulwich Gallery; and Dresden Gallery. None of them by Titian.—C. & C., Titian, i. 273.
VENUS, FESTIVAL OF, Rubens, Vienna
Museum; canvas, H. 7 ft. × 11 ft. Votaries
present offerings to a statue of Venus in a
grove, while cupids dance around it, and
others sport among the trees or float in the
air with clusters of fruit; at one side, two
beautiful women advance with offerings, and
at the other side, nymphs and satyrs dance;
in background, the temple of the goddess on
a hill. Engraved by Prenner.—Smith, ii. 98.
VENUS AND MARS. See Mars.
VENUS WITH THE MIRROR. See Venus,
Toilet of, Titian.
VENUS WITH THE ORGAN PLAYER,
Titian, Madrid Museum; canvas, H. 4 ft. 6
in. × 7 ft. 6 in. Venus, nude, lying in same
position as the Venus and Cupid of the Uffizi,
but with different face; instead of holding
flowers, she pats with her hand a lap-dog,
the bark of which disturbs a man playing
an organ at the foot of the couch. Painted
about 1547, and probably taken to Augsburg
in 1548 and sold to Nicholas Granvelle;
sold in 1600 by the Count of Cantecroix
to Emperor Rudolf II.; said to have
been in Collection of Charles I. of England;
in Spain since 1665. Repetitions, with
changes, by followers of Titian, in Madrid
and Dresden Museums, and in Fitzwilliam
Museum, Cambridge. Other copies.—C. &
C., Titian, ii. 158, 185; Morelli, 173; Hübner,
Dresden Gal., i. 13; Larousse, xv. 882.
VENUS DEL PARDO. See Jupiter and
Antiope.
VÉNUS AU PETIT CHIEN. See Venus
of the Tribune.
VENUS OF THE SHELL. See Venus
Anadyomene, Titian.
VENUS, TOILET OF, Francesco Albani,
Louvre, Paris; canvas, H. 6 ft. 7 in. × 8 ft.
3 in. Venus, seated in front of a Doric portico
on the border of the sea, looking at
herself in a mirror held by a cupid; at left,
three cupids near a table on which is a vase
of flowers; at right a fountain; in background,
a palace. Collection of Louis XIV.
Engraved by Baudet; B. Audran.—Villot,
Cat. Louvre; Landon, Musée, 2d Col., iii.
Pl. 61; Réveil, xii. 878.
Toilet of Venus, Titian, Cobham Hall, England.
By Titian, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; canvas, H. 4 ft. × 3 ft. 4 in. Venus, partly draped, seated on a couch, with her head turned to look in a mirror held by a cupid, who, with his back to the spectator, staggers under the load; Eros, with one hand on his mother's shoulder, tries with the other to crown her with a garland. Painted in 1562; came from Pomponio Vecelli to Barberigo Collection, whence passed to Russia. Replicas made for Philip II. of Spain and for Niccolò Crasso, but both missing. Copy without Eros at Cobham Hall, from Orléans Gallery; others in Dresden and Augsburg Galleries, and an original sketch in Dresden. Another, in the Hermitage, classed as a school-piece, which came from the Malmaison Collection, presents two cupids holding the mirror; replica lately in Lord Ashburton's Collection, London. Autotype by Ad. Braun & Co., Paris.—C. & C., Titian, ii. 333; Ticozzi, 59.
Subject treated also by Jacob Jordaens,