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 borne by Dolphins; 3. Venus, wounded, complaining to Cupid; 4. Jupiter and Antiope; 5. Venus drawing a Thorn from her Foot; 6. Venus and Adonis; 7. Vulcan and Minerva. Corresponding to these are seven smaller compositions on a black background, illustrating the Triumphs of Love. Designed by Raphael, and painted by his pupils about 1514. Engraved, in whole or in part, by Marco da Ravenna; Piroli; Landon; A. Veneziano; A. Campanella; Pizzi; Maestri.—Müntz, 446; Passavant, ii. 231; Kugler (Eastlake), ii. 469; Larousse, xv. 881.

Toilet of Venus, Francesco Albani, Louvre, Paris.

VENUS, CUPID, AND SATYRS, Domenichino, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; copper, oval, H. 11 in. × 1 ft. 1 in. The goddess, nude, lying on a stone, leaning on a cushion with one arm, and pressing Cupid to her bosom with the other. A figure in the background tries to rob the quiver of its arrows, while two satyrs look on from the other side.—Cat. Pal. Pitti.

VENUS, CUPID, AND VULCAN, Tintoretto, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; wood, H. 2 ft. 6 in. × 6 ft. 4 in. Venus, nude, reclining on a green carpet, caressing Cupid; Vulcan, also nearly nude, kneeling and raising a white cloth which partly envelops Cupid; in background, a landscape, with Mars in his chariot in the clouds, an allusion to the parentage of Cupid.—Gal. du Pal. Pitti, ii. Pl. 84.

VENUS, DARMSTADT, Titian, Darmstadt Gallery; canvas, H. 4 ft. 3 in. × 5 ft. 6 in. A young woman, nude, asleep on rose-strewn cushions, with one arm under her head, a red cloth, on which she lies, partly covering the ground and partly hanging from an oak tree; landscape in distance, with a couple seated courting. Painted about 1523; history unknown; considered by some of doubtful authenticity. Copies with variations in Apsley House, London; Dudley House, ib.; Fitzwilliam Museum,