La Venus del espejo
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La Venus del espejo is the original Spanish title of Diego Velázquez’s famous 17th-century painting depicting the goddess Venus reclining nude before a mirror.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Venus del espejo canonical | 1 |
| Venus at her Mirror | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mythological painting
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nude painting ⓘ oil painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| artistNationality | Spanish ⓘ |
| artworkStyle | Spanish Baroque NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn | National Gallery collection catalogue ⓘ |
| collection | National Gallery, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorPalette | muted tones with strong contrasts ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| creator | Diego Velázquez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | important work in the study of the nude in Western art ⓘ |
| depictionType | allegorical representation of beauty ⓘ |
| depicts |
Cupid
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Venus NERFINISHED ⓘ mirror ⓘ reclining nude figure ⓘ reflection of Venus’s face ⓘ |
| genre |
mythological art
ⓘ
portrait of a nude ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Cupid holding a mirror
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
figure of Venus lying on a bed ⓘ |
| iconography | classical mythology ⓘ |
| inception |
circa 1647
ⓘ
circa 1651 ⓘ |
| influenced | later depictions of the reclining nude ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Italian Renaissance nudes ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Spanish ⓘ |
| location |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| mainSubject | goddess of love ⓘ |
| medium | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Baroque ⓘ |
| mythologicalFigure | Venus (Aphrodite) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Rokeby Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
only surviving female nude by Velázquez
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sensuous yet restrained depiction of the nude ⓘ use of mirror to show subject’s face ⓘ |
| orientation | horizontal ⓘ |
| owner | National Gallery, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| painter | Diego Velázquez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousLocation | Rokeby Park, Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectGender | female ⓘ |
| subjectPosition | back turned to viewer ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| title |
La Venus del espejo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rokeby Venus NERFINISHED ⓘ The Toilet of Venus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Venus at her Mirror