# Venus and Cupid, in The 16th century

Lorenzo Lotto painted this in the 1520s, aged about 45. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> Venus reclines on draperies beneath a hanging shell, wearing a bridal crown and veil, while a mischievous Cupid urinates through a myrtle wreath onto her lap, an earthy wish for fertility and good fortune in marriage.

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## The work

- Date: 1520s
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 36 3/8 x 43 7/8 in. (92.4 x 111.4 cm)
- Type: Paintings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986.138
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Lorenzo Lotto](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/lorenzo-lotto), Italian, 1475–1556

Lotto was born in Venice but spent much of his restless career elsewhere: in Treviso, Bergamo and the towns of the Marches, with a stay in Rome.

3 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Lorenzo Lotto](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/lorenzo-lotto?hang=749) (3 works)
- [More Italian Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-renaissance?hang=749) (61 works)
- [16th-century Italy](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-italy?hang=749) (66 works)

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