Venus and Cupid

c. 1570

The most important and inventive painter in 16th-century Genoa, Luca Cambiaso developed a highly personal style characterized by a geometric simplification of anatomy and dramatic, often silvery light. Here, the canopied bed and profile view lend an unusual intimacy to the representation of the goddess of love and her son.

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Artist

Luca Cambiaso (Italian, 1527–1585)

Date

c. 1570

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

107.5 × 95.7 cm (42 3/8 × 37 5/8 in.); Framed: 138.5 × 126.7 × 8.6 cm (54 1/2 × 49 7/8 × 3 3/8 in.)

Origin

Italy

Collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Credit

A. A. Munger Collection