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فينوس وكيوبيد

Lorenzo Lotto Italian

أواسط العشرينات من القرن السادس عشر الميلادي

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 608

استوحى لورنزو لوطّو، عبقريّ نهضة البندقيّة الذي ناهض التقليد، موضوعَ هذه اللّوحة من أشعار الزواج الكلاسيكيّة. وهذا على الأرجح موضوع هذه اللّوحة. فقد يكون لفينوس نفسها قسمات عروس. وتمثّل الأصداف على رأسها وبتلات الزهور على جسدها رموزا للآلهة. ويرمز نبات اللبلاب إلى الوفاء للزوج كما يرمز تاج الآس والمجمرة المعلّقة إلى عشّ الزوجيّة. وتحمل فينوس أقراط عروس من القرن السادس عشر الميلادي وإكليلها. وتمثّل حركة كيوبيد الذي يتبوّل عبر تاج الآس فأل خير بالخصوبة يضيف مسحة من السخرية على الصورة بطابعها الحميميّ.

Venus and Cupid, Lorenzo Lotto (Italian, Venice ca. 1480–1556 Loreto), Oil on canvas — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Venus and Cupid, Lorenzo Lotto (Italian, Venice ca. 1480–1556 Loreto), Oil on canvas

Venus and Cupid, Lorenzo Lotto (Italian, Venice ca. 1480–1556 Loreto), Oil on canvas

Venus and Cupid, Lorenzo Lotto (Italian, Venice ca. 1480–1556 Loreto), Oil on canvas

Venus and Cupid, Lorenzo Lotto (Italian, Venice ca. 1480–1556 Loreto), Oil on canvas

Venus and Cupid, Lorenzo Lotto (Italian, Venice ca. 1480–1556 Loreto), Oil on canvas

Venus and Cupid, Lorenzo Lotto (Italian, Venice ca. 1480–1556 Loreto), Oil on canvas

Venus and Cupid, Lorenzo Lotto (Italian, Venice ca. 1480–1556 Loreto), Oil on canvas

Venus and Cupid, Lorenzo Lotto (Italian, Venice ca. 1480–1556 Loreto), Oil on canvas

Venus and Cupid, Lorenzo Lotto (Italian, Venice ca. 1480–1556 Loreto), Oil on canvas

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Fig. 1. Line engraving (from Salomon Reinach, "Répertoire de peintures du moyen age et de la renaissance (1280–1580)," Paris, vol. 4, 1918, p. 652)

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Fig. 2. Plate from Cesare Vecellio, "Habiti antichi et moderni," Venice, 1598

Fig. 3. Plate from Francesco Colonna, "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili," Venice, 1499

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Fig. 4. Before cleaning (from Bernard Berenson, "Lotto," 3rd ed., Milan, 1955, pl. 258)

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Fig. 5. Painting in frame: overall

Fig. 6. Painting in frame: corner

Fig. 7. Painting in frame: angled corner

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Fig. 8. Profile drawing of frame. W 6 9/16 in. 16.6 cm (T. Newbery)

العنوان: فينوس وكيوبيد

الفنان: لورنزو لوطّو.إيطاليّ، حوالي 1480 – 1556م

التاريخ: أواسط العشرينات من القرن السادس عشر الميلادي

الوسيط: زيت على القماش

المقاسات: 92.4 × 111.4 سم

الخط التمويلي: اقتناء، هبة من شارل رايتسمان، على شرف ماريتّا تري، 1986م

رقم الوصول: 1986.138

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