Venus

April 29, 2019
Beyond Botticelli: Depictions of Venus in Italian High Renaissance Art

April 23, 2017
The Temple of Venus Eryx was dedicated on 23 April 215 BCE.

February 14, 2017
Catching up with Cupid – Happy Valentine’s Day from the Italian Art Society!

July 5, 2015
Italian painter Paris Bordone was baptized on 5 July 1500 in Treviso.

October 13, 2013
Antonio Canova died on this day in 1822 in Venice at age 65.

October 3, 2013
thegetty : Venus de’ Medici (detail), 1722–24, Pietro Cipriani.

September 26, 2013
Julius Caesar dedicated the Temple of Venus Genetrix in Rome on this day in 46 BCE.

August 21, 2013
The Worcester Art Museum has announced the acquisition of Veronese’s Venus Disarming Cupid .