Venus of Urbino

1799

Not on view

Around 1799, Rowlandson etched a series of works after Italian masters, often centered on nude figures. The present example is based on Titian's famous painting (Uffizi Gallery), where Venus rests naked on a bed, holding roses, as a puppy sleeps near her feet, and two women in the background take clothes from a chest.

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Provenance

Title: Venus of Urbino
Series/Portfolio: Classical Nudes
Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
Artist: After Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Pieve di Cadore ca. 1485/90?–1576 Venice)
Date: 1799
Medium: Etching and stipple, printed in brown ink
Dimensions: Plate: 7 1/16 × 9 13/16 in. (17.9 × 25 cm)
Sheet: 9 13/16 × 12 3/16 in. (25 × 31 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, by Exchange, 1970
Object Number: 1970.541.6
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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