Venus and Cupid, by Palma il Vecchio

An image of Venus and Cupid. Palma, Jacopo (called Palma il Vechio) (Italian, 1480(?)-1528). Oil on canvas, height 118.1 cm, width 208.9 cm, circa 1523- 1524. Venetian School.

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Venus and Cupid. Palma, Jacopo (called Palma il Vechio) (Italian, 1480(?)-1528). Oil on canvas, height 118.1 cm, width 208.9 cm, circa 1523- 1524. Venetian School.

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Accession Number: 109
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
Image height: 590 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 135.98kB

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16th Century Aphrodite arrows blonde female female nude Fitz_PDP goddess gods High Renaissance Italian Jacopo Palma Jacopo Palma il Vecchio Late Renaissance mythological mythology nude oil on canvas painting Palma il Giovane Palma Vecchio putti putto quiver reclining Renaissance Venetian School Venus Venus and Cupid WF_KWD WF_OPACtd winged wings

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