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 in a shell drawn by dolphins driven by loves; around her nymphs and tritons are sporting in the waves, while above, the air is filled with a cloud of genii.

By Alexandre Cabanel, Luxembourg Museum, Paris; canvas, H. 4 ft. 3 in. × 7 ft. 4 in. The goddess, just born, is undulating upon the foam, stretching, and half-opening her dazzled eyes, which she shades with her right arm; above, five genii—two blowing conch shells, the others hovering over her head. Salon, 1863; Exposition universelle, 1867. Two replicas: Smaller one, made for engraving, H. C. Gibson, Philadelphia; the other, painted last, John Wolfe, New York. Engraved by A. François. Etched by L. Flameng. Photogravure in Art Treasures of America.—Art Treas. of Amer., i. 56, 67; Larousse, xv. 882.

VENUS AND CUPID, Lucas Cranach, the elder, Berlin Museum; wood, H. 5 ft. 6 in. × 2 ft. Venus, nude, walking to right; near her, Cupid, complaining of being stung by bees (Theoc., Id., xix.). Another in Berlin Museum, Venus walking to left, with Cupid on a pedestal.—Meyer, Museen, 101.

By William Etty, Henry Bicknell, Cavendish House, Clapham Common, London; canvas. Venus, nude, recumbent, with Cupid near her.—Art Journal (London, 1872), 91.

By Guido Reni, Dresden Gallery; canvas, H. 4 ft. 5 in. × 5 ft. 9 in. Full-length, nude, reposing on a couch covered with white, with a curtain in background; she leans upon her right elbow, and takes with her left hand a dart from Cupid, who stands on the couch near her feet. Restored by Palen.—Hübner, Dresden Gal., i. 19.

By Sir Joshua Reynolds, Lord Castletown; canvas. Full-length, nude, reclining in an arbour under a red curtain in a wooded landscape. Cupid peeps in on her through the boughs. Probably suggested by Venus of Titian. Painted in 1759; selected by Earl of Upper Ossory, when he had, by Reynolds's will, choice of works in his studio. Engraved by Raimbach; Collyer.—Leslie & Taylor, i. 173; Pulling, 22; Athen., Jan., 1875, 56.

Venus and Cupid, Titian, Palazzo Borghese, Rome.

By Titian, Palazzo Borghese, Rome; canvas, half-lengths, life-size. Venus, sitting, binding the eyes of Eros, who leans on her lap, while she turns to listen to another cupid leaning on her shoulder; two girls to left—one carrying a quiver, the other a bow. Painted about 1565; well preserved. Engraved several times.—Ridolfi, Maraviglie, i. 257; C. & C., Titian, ii. 355; Heath, Titian, 71; Réveil, xiii. 871.

By Titian, Uffizi, Florence; canvas, figures life-size. Venus, nude, lying on a velvet couch (the cloth of which she holds, together with a bunch of flowers, in one hand), turns her head towards Cupid, who whispers as he looks over her shoulder; a little dog at her feet sniffs at an owl on the