Lorenzo Lotto, 1520 - Venus and Cupid - fine art print

Original artwork description from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (© - by The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Lotto, whose unusual genius makes him one of the most fascinating of all Venetian painters, depicts Venus and her son Cupid in a bower, a subject inspired by ancient marriage poems. He probably painted it to celebrate the wedding of a cultivated couple in Venice or Bergamo, and Venus’s features may be taken from the bride’s. The beautifully observed details relate to the goddess and marriage. The ivy is symbolic of fidelity, the bride wore a myrtle wreath, and Cupid peeing is a lighthearted augury of fertility.

Specification

"Venus and Cupid" is a painting by Lorenzo Lotto. The over 500 year-old original creation had the following size 36 3/8 x 43 7/8 in (92,4 x 111,4 cm) and was painted with the medium oil on canvas. Today, the work of art is in the the digital art collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is located in New York City, New York, United States of America. With courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gift, in honor of Marietta Tree, 1986 (public domain license). Creditline of the artwork: Purchase, Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gift, in honor of Marietta Tree, 1986. Further, the alignment is in landscape format and has a ratio of 1.2 : 1, which implies that the length is 20% longer than the width. The painter Lorenzo Lotto was an artist from Italy, whose artistic style can mainly be attributed to High Renaissance. The High Renaissance painter was born in 1475 in Venice, Venezia province, Veneto, Italy and died at the age of 81 in the year 1556.

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• Canvas: A canvas print is a printed canvas mounted on a wood frame. A canvas print of this artpiece will give you the opportunity to turn your personal into a large size collection piece like you know from galleries. Canvas prints are relatively low in weight, which implies that it is quite simple to hang your Canvas print without the help of additional wall-mounts. A canvas print is suited for any type of wall.
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• The poster print on canvas material: The poster is a UV printed flat cotton canvas paper with a fine surface texture. Please note, that depending on the size of the canvas poster print we add a white margin of something between 2-6cm round about the print to facilitate the framing with your custom frame.

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