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Uffizi, Florence; Padovanino, Palazzo Borghese, Rome; Theodorus van Thulden, Huis ten Bosch, The Hague; Antonio Triva, Dresden Gallery; François Boucher, Stockholm Museum; Paul Baudry (1859), Bordeaux Museum.
VENUS OF THE TRIBUNE, Titian, Tribune
of the Uffizi, Florence; canvas, life-size.
Supposed by some to be the portrait
of a mistress of Guidobaldo II., Duke of
Urbino. Venus, nude, lies at the foot of
a green hanging, on a muslin sheet that
covers a red damask couch, one arm on
her person, the other on the cushions,
playing with a chaplet of
flowers; a little dog is
curled up on the couch at
her feet, and handmaids in
distance are preparing her
dress. Painted in Venice
about 1537 for Francesco
Maria della Rovere (?),
Duke of Urbino; passed
in 17th century as an
heirloom to the Florence
Gallery. Replica in Uffizi
by a Venetian of Titian's
time; adaptations in Butler-Johnstone
and Hampton
Court Collections. Engraved
by P. Soutman;
R. Gaywood; A. Nargeot;
Strange.—Vasari, ed.
Mil., vii. 443; C. & C., Titian, i. 389; Gotti,
Gal. di Firenze, 103; Ridolfi, Maraviglie, i.
225; Law, Hist. Cat. Hampton Court, 51;
Molini, Gal. di Firenze, i. 49.
Venus of the Tribune, Titian, Tribune of the Uffizi, Florence.
VENUS, TRIUMPH OF. See Venus,
Birth of.
VENUS AND VULCAN, Francesco Albani,
Louvre; canvas, H. 6 ft. 7 in. × 8 ft. 3 in.
Venus lying on a couch, with Vulcan reclining
at her feet; two cupids present the goddess
a buckler pierced with arrows; at
right, cupids forge and sharpen arrows, others
make bows; Diana, in the clouds, attended
by two nymphs, holds a javelin.
Collection of Louis XIV. Engraved by
Baudet; B. Audran.—Villot, Cat. Louvre;
Landon, Musée, 2d Col., iii. Pl. 62.
By Giulio Romano, Louvre, Paris; wood, H. 14 in. × 9 in. Vulcan, seated beside Venus, embraces her with his left arm, while carrying a bundle of arrows on his shoulder with his right; Venus is putting arrows into the quiver of a cupid who is bending his bow; another cupid presents her a butterfly, and others bear a vase of flowers. Engraved by Morace.—Filhol, vii. Pl. 451; Musée français, i. Part 3: Ch. Blanc, École romaine.
By Anton van Dyck, Louvre, Paris; canvas, H. 7 ft. 3 in. × 4 ft. 9 in. Venus demanding of Vulcan arms for Æneas. The goddess, nearly nude, preceded by a cupid bearing a sheathed sword, and sustained by a second cupid, advances towards Vulcan, who has one knee upon a stone; at left, above the head of Venus, another cupid with a bow and arrows; in background, two cyclops with hammers. Collection of Louis XIV.; formerly in Luxembourg. Engraved by Langlois; C. Normand.—Cat. Louvre; Filhol., iii. Pl. 170; Landon, xi. Pl. 65; Guiffrey, 254; Smith, iii. 39; Musée français.
By Anton van Dyck, Vienna Museum; canvas, H. 3 ft. 3 in. × 5 ft. Venus receiv-