# The Phaethon Legend: Venus at her Toilet

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ALBANI, Francesco](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/albani-francesco-r4fca8101055bab>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

This scene is on the north wall of the Galleria in the Palazzo Odescalchi Giustiniani, Bassano Romano. This is the only scene in the room for which there is no suggestion in Ovid. The woman usually is identified as Venus, although the figure can be also a personification of Vanitas.

## Related artworks

- [Adonis Led by Cupids to Venus \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/albani-francesco-r4fca8101055bab/adonis-led-by-cupids-to-venus-detail-r384914bdc58dcc>)
- [Autumn \(Venus and Adonis\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/albani-francesco-r4fca8101055bab/autumn-venus-and-adonis-rca079badf5eb25>)
- [Ceiling painting](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/albani-francesco-r4fca8101055bab/ceiling-painting-rd10a7a857f0b01>)
- [Ceiling vault of piano nobile loggia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/albani-francesco-r4fca8101055bab/ceiling-vault-of-piano-nobile-loggia-r67510b7e3405d7>)
- [Diana and Actaeon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/albani-francesco-r4fca8101055bab/diana-and-actaeon-r16491e42c8e126>)
- [Diana and Actaeon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/albani-francesco-r4fca8101055bab/diana-and-actaeon-r3bed521322e478>)
- [Holy Family](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/albani-francesco-r4fca8101055bab/holy-family-r0af5be7cac4f32>)
- [Mercury](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/albani-francesco-r4fca8101055bab/mercury-r4896f9fc3ff557>)
- [Spring \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/albani-francesco-r4fca8101055bab/spring-detail-rfc4af8aeda2d42>)
- [Spring \(Venus at her Toilet\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/albani-francesco-r4fca8101055bab/spring-venus-at-her-toilet-r3be7c8f81ccf9a>)
- [Summer \(Venus in Vulcan&#39;s Forge\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/albani-francesco-r4fca8101055bab/summer-venus-in-vulcans-forge-r36d3a34deda147>)
- [The Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/albani-francesco-r4fca8101055bab/the-annunciation-r02a9f70e86360f>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)