Zaidan Gallery

06 Paintings, Olympian deities, William Etty’s Venus, with footnotes # 47

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William Etty, RA (British, 1789-1849)
Venus and Cupid
Oil on canvas
70 x 47cm (27 1/2 x 18 1/2in)
Private collection

Venus is the Roman goddess whose functions encompassed love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity and victory. In Roman mythology, she was the mother of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas…

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