# The Toilet of Venus

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## Artwork

- Artist: [RENI, Guido](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/reni-guido-r79595e922f5954>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 282 x 206 cm

## Commentary

This painting was commissioned by Ferdinando Gonzaga, the sixth duke of Mantua. He intended to decorate rooms in the Palazzo Ducale. The pendant of the painting, the Judgment of Paris, seems to be lost.

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## Attribution

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