# Venus and Cupid

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GENNARI, Benedetto II](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gennari-benedetto-ii-rbadaefe1919443>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 42 x 60 cm

## Commentary

This subject \(often called the Toilet of Venus\) was much sought-after, having been established in Venice around 1500, and treated by &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/t/tiziano/08/08urbin.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/t/tiziano/08/08urbin.html&#34;&gt;Titian,&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/r/rubens/21mythol/06mythol.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/r/rubens/21mythol/06mythol.html&#34;&gt;Rubens,&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/v/velazque/07/0714vela.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/v/velazque/07/0714vela.html&#34;&gt;Velázquez&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/g/guercino/0/toivenus.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/g/guercino/0/toivenus.html&#34;&gt;Guercino.&lt;/a&gt; Gennari himself painted this theme more than once. The non-idealized features of Gennari&#39;s Venus may have been those of the mistress or wife of the patron.

## Related artworks

- [Diana and Endymion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gennari-benedetto-ii-rbadaefe1919443/diana-and-endymion-r1afffb64192faa>)
- [Portrait of Marchese Francesco Fiaschi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gennari-benedetto-ii-rbadaefe1919443/portrait-of-marchese-francesco-fiaschi-r2b92939a8634bc>)

## Attribution

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