Venus and Amor [SEP] collection
Venus and Amor
Venus and Amor (also known as Venus and Cupid) is a c. 1524 painting by the German painter and printmaker Hans Holbein the Younger, conserved in the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland. Although the work is Holbein's earliest mythological painting, depicting the Roman goddess of love, Venus, with her son Amor (Cupid), the model is believed to be his friend Magdalena Offenburg. They are shown in front of a large hanging green curtain and behind a low parapet. Venus is depicted with an open
Mander, he sold copies made by his pupils under his own name.
Gallery.
Gallery Autographed.
- "Last Judgment" (also: "Allegory of the charitas christiana"), 1572, oil on canvas, 570 x 200 cm, private collection.
- "Fire at the Antwerp Citadel", 1577, oil on canvas, 80 x 120 cm, private collection.
- "Amor and Venus", 1579, copy after Titian, oak panel, 139 x 96 cm