# Venus Combing Cupid's Hair [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GIOVANNI DA SAN GIOVANNI]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 229 x 173 cm ## Commentary Venus Combing Cupid's Hair c. 1630 Oil on canvas, 229 x 173 cm Galleria Palatina \(Palazzo Pitti\), Florence Giovanni da San Giovanni's playful, slightly naughty humour is evident in this whimsical genre scene, where the goddess of love - not usually depicted as given to homely tasks - checks her cheeky, baby-winged son's head for fleas. ## Related artworks - [Aurora and Tithonus \(detail\)]() - [Aurora and Tithonus]() - [Ceiling centre]() - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling decoration]() - [Fame Showing the Wandering Philosophers to Tuscany and Munificence]() - [View of the apse and choir]() - [View of the east wall]() - [View of the Sala Terreno]() - [View of the Sala Terreno]() - [Young Bacchus]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()