Venus of Urbino

The Venus of Urbino (1538) is an oil painting by the Italian master Titian. It depicts a nude young woman, identified with the goddess Venus, reclining on a couch or bed in the sumptuous surroundings of a Renaissance palace. It hangs in the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence. The figure's pose is based on Giorgione's Sleeping Venus (c. 1510); however, Titian uses more sensuality in comparison to Giorgione's remoteness. Devoid as it is of any class... more

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  • 1538

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Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio, born 1473/1490 (probably c.1488/1490), died 27 August 1576, better known as Titian (pronounced /ˈtɪʃən/), was the leading painter of the 16th-century Venetian school of the Italian Renaissance. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno (in Veneto), in the...

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  • 1.19 m (3.9 ft )
  • 1.65 m (5.41 ft )

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