# Venus, Cupid and Envy [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BRONZINO, Agnolo]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil on poplar panel, 192 x 142 cm ## Commentary This painting is a variant on Bronzino's Venus, Cupid and Time in London, the major allegorical work of his mature years. The Budapest painting, slightly larger than the London picture, is also an allegory of Venus and Cupid, who play with his bow and arrows, and Venus is also set against a light blue drapery, on which lie two masks symbolizing deceit. ## Related artworks - [A Young Woman and Her Little Boy]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Alessandro de' Medici]() - [Allegory of Happiness]() - [Altarpiece]() - [Altarpiece]() - [Angel of the Annunciation]() - [Cosimo I de' Medici as Orpheus]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()