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Allegory of Venus and Cupid
Imitator of Titian · c. 1600
- Artist
- Imitator of Titian (Italian, c. 1488–1576)
- Date
- c. 1600
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 129.9 × 155.3 cm (51 1/8 × 61 1/8 in.)
- Made in
- Italy
- Style
- 17th Century
- Where to see it
- Art Institute of Chicago
Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection · CC0 Public Domain · Art Institute of Chicago · image via Wikimedia Commons · see it at the museum ↗
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