The erotic nature of this painting was popular in the Medici and French courts for which it may have been commissioned.  In the background an old woman rends her hair representing Jealousy, an eyeless mask-like face represents Oblivion and a grotesquely bodied girl represents Fraud.  In the upper right hand corner is one of
The erotic nature of this painting was popular in the Medici and French courts for which it may have been commissioned.  In the background an old woman rends her hair representing Jealousy, an eyeless mask-like face represents Oblivion and a grotesquely bodied girl represents Fraud.  In the upper right hand corner is one of the painting's titular figures pulling a blue drape.  Under him stands another titular figure about to shower rose pedals on the painting's two main titular figures who embrace each other incestuously.  One holds the Golden apple given to her by Paris while the other sports his characteristic wings and quiver.  Done in the Mannerist fashion, name this most famous work of Bronzino.
The erotic nature of this painting was popular in the Medici and French courts for which it may have been commissioned.  
{Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time}