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 Uffizi, Florence; Padovanino, Palazzo Borghese, Rome; Theodorus van Thulden, Huis ten Bosch, The Hague; Antonio Triva, Dresden Gallery; François Boucher, Stockholm Museum; Paul Baudry (1859), Bordeaux Museum.

VENUS OF THE TRIBUNE, Titian, Tribune of the Uffizi, Florence; canvas, life-size. Supposed by some to be the portrait of a mistress of Guidobaldo II., Duke of Urbino. Venus, nude, lies at the foot of a green hanging, on a muslin sheet that covers a red damask couch, one arm on her person, the other on the cushions, playing with a chaplet of flowers; a little dog is curled up on the couch at her feet, and handmaids in distance are preparing her dress. Painted in Venice about 1537 for Francesco Maria della Rovere (?), Duke of Urbino; passed in 17th century as an heirloom to the Florence Gallery. Replica in Uffizi by a Venetian of Titian's time; adaptations in Butler-Johnstone and Hampton Court Collections. Engraved by P. Soutman; R. Gaywood; A. Nargeot; Strange.—Vasari, ed. Mil., vii. 443; C. & C., Titian, i. 389; Gotti, Gal. di Firenze, 103; Ridolfi, Maraviglie, i. 225; Law, Hist. Cat. Hampton Court, 51; Molini, Gal. di Firenze, i. 49.

Venus of the Tribune, Titian, Tribune of the Uffizi, Florence.

VENUS, TRIUMPH OF. See Venus, Birth of.

VENUS AND VULCAN, Francesco Albani, Louvre; canvas, H. 6 ft. 7 in. × 8 ft. 3 in. Venus lying on a couch, with Vulcan reclining at her feet; two cupids present the goddess a buckler pierced with arrows; at right, cupids forge and sharpen arrows, others make bows; Diana, in the clouds, attended by two nymphs, holds a javelin. Collection of Louis XIV. Engraved by Baudet; B. Audran.—Villot, Cat. Louvre; Landon, Musée, 2d Col., iii. Pl. 62.

By Giulio Romano, Louvre, Paris; wood, H. 14 in. × 9 in. Vulcan, seated beside Venus, embraces her with his left arm, while carrying a bundle of arrows on his shoulder with his right; Venus is putting arrows into the quiver of a cupid who is bending his bow; another cupid presents her a butterfly, and others bear a vase of flowers. Engraved by Morace.—Filhol, vii. Pl. 451; Musée français, i. Part 3: Ch. Blanc, École romaine.

By Anton van Dyck, Louvre, Paris; canvas, H. 7 ft. 3 in. × 4 ft. 9 in. Venus demanding of Vulcan arms for Æneas. The goddess, nearly nude, preceded by a cupid bearing a sheathed sword, and sustained by a second cupid, advances towards Vulcan, who has one knee upon a stone; at left, above the head of Venus, another cupid with a bow and arrows; in background, two cyclops with hammers. Collection of Louis XIV.; formerly in Luxembourg. Engraved by Langlois; C. Normand.—Cat. Louvre; Filhol., iii. Pl. 170; Landon, xi. Pl. 65; Guiffrey, 254; Smith, iii. 39; Musée français.

By Anton van Dyck, Vienna Museum; canvas, H. 3 ft. 3 in. × 5 ft. Venus receiv