The leftmost of the two figures depicted wears only a blue sash across his chest and a pink ribbon around his wrist in this painting, which was stabbed seven times in 1914 by a crazed British feminist named Mary Richardson.
The leftmost of the two figures depicted wears only a blue sash across his chest and a pink ribbon around his wrist in this painting, which was stabbed seven times in 1914 by a crazed British feminist named Mary Richardson. Against the backdrop of a bright red curtain rests a rectangular wood-framed mirror, which is held up by the aforementioned male figure, a winged cherub. The mirror provides the viewer with the only image of the face of the title character, who has her back turned as she reclines naked on a bed. Unusual for its time because its artist's celebrity status allowed him to escape censorship by the Inquisition, and thus portray such a sensual scene, this is, FTP, what Diego Velasquez rendition of the Roman goddess of love?
The leftmost of the two figures depicted wears only a blue sash across his chest and a pink ribbon around his wrist in this painting, which was stabbed seven times in 1914 by a crazed British feminist named Mary Richardson.
{Rokeby Venus} or The {Toilet of Venus}