One of the central nude figures appears to be slipping her tongue into her son's mouth as he gropes her breast.
A Peter Taylor short story about the Dorset couple shares its title with this painting. One figure represented by a bald old man whose arm extends through most the top of this painting. An old woman pulling at her hair in the background of this painting is said to represent either Jealousy, or the effects of syphilis. Two discarded masks, in the right foreground, mirror the mask-like face of Oblivion in the background, who is trying to wrest a curtain from one of the title figures. In front of the curtain, a girl with a honeycomb and a snake's body peeks out from behind a putto throwing flower petals. One of the central nude figures appears to be slipping her tongue into her son's mouth as he gropes her breast. For 10 points, name this ambiguous allegorical painting by Bronzino.
A Peter Taylor short story about the Dorset couple shares its title with this painting.
{Venus}, {Cupid}, {Folly}, and {Time} [accept An {Allegory} of {Venus} and {Cupid} and A {Triumph} of {Venus}]