Venus and Cupid by Lorenzo Lotto
by Carlos Diaz
Title
Venus and Cupid by Lorenzo Lotto
Artist
Carlos Diaz
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
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Venus and Cupid - Remastered by Carlos Diaz
1520s
Lorenzo Lotto
Italian
In his inimitable fashion, in this unique masterpiece Lorenzo Lotto takes one of the most popular subjects of Venetian painting and gives it a witty and humorous twist. Naughty Cupid urinates on his mother through a laurel wreath—an act meant to symbolize fertility. Because this is a marriage picture, it is inspired by ancient marriage poems. It is possible that Venus’s features may be taken from the bride’s. The beautifully observed details relate to the goddess and marriage. The ivy is symbolic of fidelity; brides wore a myrtle wreath; incense perfumes the bower; a snake warns against jealousy.
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