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 Cambridge; Dulwich Gallery; and Dresden Gallery. None of them by Titian.—C. & C., Titian, i. 273.

VENUS, FESTIVAL OF, Rubens, Vienna Museum; canvas, H. 7 ft. × 11 ft. Votaries present offerings to a statue of Venus in a grove, while cupids dance around it, and others sport among the trees or float in the air with clusters of fruit; at one side, two beautiful women advance with offerings, and at the other side, nymphs and satyrs dance; in background, the temple of the goddess on a hill. Engraved by Prenner.—Smith, ii. 98.

VENUS AND MARS. See Mars.

VENUS WITH THE MIRROR. See Venus, Toilet of, Titian.

VENUS WITH THE ORGAN PLAYER, Titian, Madrid Museum; canvas, H. 4 ft. 6 in. × 7 ft. 6 in. Venus, nude, lying in same position as the Venus and Cupid of the Uffizi, but with different face; instead of holding flowers, she pats with her hand a lap-dog, the bark of which disturbs a man playing an organ at the foot of the couch. Painted about 1547, and probably taken to Augsburg in 1548 and sold to Nicholas Granvelle; sold in 1600 by the Count of Cantecroix to Emperor Rudolf II.; said to have been in Collection of Charles I. of England; in Spain since 1665. Repetitions, with changes, by followers of Titian, in Madrid and Dresden Museums, and in Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Other copies.—C. & C., Titian, ii. 158, 185; Morelli, 173; Hübner, Dresden Gal., i. 13; Larousse, xv. 882.

VENUS DEL PARDO. See Jupiter and Antiope.

VÉNUS AU PETIT CHIEN. See Venus of the Tribune.

VENUS OF THE SHELL. See Venus Anadyomene, Titian.

VENUS, TOILET OF, Francesco Albani, Louvre, Paris; canvas, H. 6 ft. 7 in. × 8 ft. 3 in. Venus, seated in front of a Doric portico on the border of the sea, looking at herself in a mirror held by a cupid; at left, three cupids near a table on which is a vase of flowers; at right a fountain; in background, a palace. Collection of Louis XIV. Engraved by Baudet; B. Audran.—Villot, Cat. Louvre; Landon, Musée, 2d Col., iii. Pl. 61; Réveil, xii. 878.

Toilet of Venus, Titian, Cobham Hall, England.

By Titian, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; canvas, H. 4 ft. × 3 ft. 4 in. Venus, partly draped, seated on a couch, with her head turned to look in a mirror held by a cupid, who, with his back to the spectator, staggers under the load; Eros, with one hand on his mother's shoulder, tries with the other to crown her with a garland. Painted in 1562; came from Pomponio Vecelli to Barberigo Collection, whence passed to Russia. Replicas made for Philip II. of Spain and for Niccolò Crasso, but both missing. Copy without Eros at Cobham Hall, from Orléans Gallery; others in Dresden and Augsburg Galleries, and an original sketch in Dresden. Another, in the Hermitage, classed as a school-piece, which came from the Malmaison Collection, presents two cupids holding the mirror; replica lately in Lord Ashburton's Collection, London. Autotype by Ad. Braun & Co., Paris.—C. & C., Titian, ii. 333; Ticozzi, 59.

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