 Others see the clothed figure as representing the bride (idealized, and not a portrait, which would have been rather indecorous in Venice), and only the nude figure representing Venus.For Edgar Wind the theme was "an initiation of Beauty [at left] into Love".It has also been suggested that the painting asserts by allegory the innocence of Laura Bagarotto's father, who had been executed by the Republic of Venice for treason in 1509.