Venetian School Artist, Venus & Cupid, 1700, Oil on Canvas, Framed

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Venetian painter, 17th/18th century
venus and cupid

oil on canvas (57 x 49 cm - framed 71 x 61 cm)

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venus and cupid

oil on canvas (57 x 49 cm - framed 71 x 61 cm)

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the painting captures the attention with its intimate and sensual depiction. At the center is a seductive, semi-nude venus, with soft, sinuous forms, reclining on a bed with white draped sheets, her face a calm, mischievous expression. Beside her, cupid extends his hands, in a gesture suggesting complicity and affection, simultaneously wanting to reclaim his arrow, the iconic symbol of love.

the light, which seems to come from above, caresses the figures, enhancing their rounded bodies and creating a play of light and shadow that lends depth and realism to the scene. The dark background highlights the figures in the foreground, drawing attention to the intimacy of the moment.

the painting invites the viewer to contemplate the beauty of venus, who embodies a prototype of exuberant beauty so highly prized at the time, and who, as the goddess of love and eros, embodies attraction, desire, and passion.

the "sensual bond" between venus and cupid therefore represents the contrast between earthly love and a more elevated, spiritual love, which can, however, become earthly and sensual through the arrows of love.

an analysis of the painting allows us to place its execution within the northern italian school, executed by a venetian artist active between the 17th and 18th centuries.

the subject recalls those favored by the founder pietro liberi, interested in secular themes such as this one, in which the evidently erotic purpose often merged with mythical tales. The witty, mischievous gaze of the highly sensual venus, depicted in profile, is matched by the complicit expression of cupid, whom she disarmes.

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