Venus Whipping Cupid with Roses, early 17th century
Giovanni Luigi Valesio (Italian, 1583?–1633)
Engraving; sheet 7 15/16 x 5 1/4 in. (20.2 x 13.4 cm)
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917 (17.50.16[188])
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Giovanni Luigi Valesio (Italian, 1583?–1633)
Engraving; sheet 7 15/16 x 5 1/4 in. (20.2 x 13.4 cm)
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917 (17.50.16[188])
Here, Venus's halfhearted efforts at disciplining her unruly son are undermined by a smiling satyr, the embodiment of lust. As the inscription states, love is not so easily chastised. Valesio, a poet as well as a prolific engraver who specialized in creating allegorical title pages, designed this work as one of a pair of love allegories.
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Related Index Terms
Artist
Material and Technique
Subject Matter/Theme
- • Figure, Allegorical
- • Figure, Deity
- • Figure, Deity, Greek and Roman
- • Figure, Deity, Greek and Roman, Aphrodite/Venus
- • Figure, Deity, Greek and Roman, Eros/Cupid
- • Figure, Mythological
- • Figure, Mythological, Europe
- • Figure, Mythological, Europe, Satyr
- • Love
- • Print, Engraving, Mythological
