Venus Leaving the Bath, and Cupid
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on cream paper
Dimensions
5-1/4 x 5-11/16 in. (13.3 x 14.45 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1906
Accession Number
06.1051.13
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold *Venus Leaving the Bath, and Cupid*, a delicate 17th-century drawing from the Roman-Bolognese school, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department. Crafted anonymously by an artist linked to the Carracci School and influenced by engraver Marcantonio Raimondi, this intimate work measures just over 5 inches square. Executed in pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash on cream paper, it captures the mythological goddess Venus emerging from her bath, accompanied by her son Cupid—a timeless motif drawn from classical antiquity, evoking themes of beauty, vu...