VENUS ALONG ART HISTORY

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Venus, Romans' goddess of love, sex, fertility and beauty, is one of the most representative figures of perfection and pulcritud in art history. Her image has been used throughout history to represent the ideal of feminine beauty. Despite her different manifestations in art, the concept depicting Venus has not changed along time.

Female anthropomorphic figure "Venus", Unknown, 40th-5th century B.C, From the collection of: Museo de Arte Precolombino e Indígena (MAPI), Uruguay

Figurine of a pregnant woman - the "Beersheba Venus", Unknown, Chalcolithic Period, 4500–3500 BCE, From the collection of: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Anthropomorphic Figurine (Venus), Culture Valdivia, 4000 B.C. - 1500 B.C., From the collection of: Museo Casa del Alabado

Aphrodite (Venus of Taurida), Unknown, Ancient Greece. 2nd century BC, From the collection of: The State Hermitage Museum

Aphrodite and Eros, unknown, 100 BC - 0 AD, From the collection of: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien

Venus, Unknown, From the collection of: Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona (MNAT)

Esquiline Venus, 30 - 70 AD, From the collection of: Musei Capitolini

Marble statue of Venus, 100/150, From the collection of: British Museum

Bronze statuette of Venus or her mother, Dione, 100/199, From the collection of: British Museum

Statue of crouching Aphrodite ('Lely's Venus'), 100/199, From the collection of: British Museum

Capitoline Venus, Unknown, 96/192, From the collection of: Musei Capitolini

Figurine of goddess Venus, unknown, 50/350, From the collection of: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

La Primavera (Spring), Botticelli Filipepi, 1481 - 1482, From the collection of: Uffizi Gallery

The birth of Venus, Sandro Botticelli, 1483 - 1485, From the collection of: Uffizi Gallery

Madonna with Saints, Sandro Botticelli, 1485, From the collection of: Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Mars and Venus, German 15th Century, 1400/1499, From the collection of: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Venus Appearing to Aeneas, Marcantonio Raimondi, c. 1505, From the collection of: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Mars, Venus and Cupid, Marcantonio Raimondi, 1508, From the collection of: Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist (The Esterházy Madonna), Raphael, ca. 1508, From the collection of: Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Sleeping Venus, Giorgione, 1508 - 1510, From the collection of: Old Masters Picture Gallery, Dresden State Art Museums

Venus and Cupids, Albrecht Altdorfer, c. 1512/1515, From the collection of: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Venus Reclining in a Landscape, Domenico Campagnola, 1517, From the collection of: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Venus, Lorenzo Costa the Elder, ca. 1515–1518, From the collection of: Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Venus Rising from the Sea ('Venus Anadyomene'), Titian, About 1520, From the collection of: National Galleries Scotland: National

Venus and Amor, Hans Baldung Grien, 1524/1525, From the collection of: Kröller-Müller Museum

Venus with Cupid Stealing Honey, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1530, From the collection of: SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst

Venus, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1532, From the collection of: Städel Museum

The Nymph of the Fountain, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1534, From the collection of: Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Venus of Urbino, Tiziano Vecellio, 1538, From the collection of: Uffizi Gallery

Venus with the Organ Player, Titian, around 1550, From the collection of: Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Venus with a Mirror, Titian, c. 1555, From the collection of: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Birth of Venus, Giorgio Vasari, 1555/1557, From the collection of: Palazzo Vecchio Museum

(Main View), From the collection of: The J. Paul Getty Museum

Venus Disarming Cupid, Alessandro Allori, circa 1570, From the collection of: Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Nymph and Shepherd, Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian, 1570/1575, From the collection of: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien

Mars and Venus United by Love, Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari), 1570s, From the collection of: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Venus and Mars, Palma il Giovane, about 1605–1609, From the collection of: The J. Paul Getty Museum

Venus and Adonis, Peter Paul Rubens, circa 1610, From the collection of: Kunstpalast

Mars and Venus Surprised by the Gods, about 1606 - 1610, From the collection of: The J. Paul Getty Museum

The Death of Adonis (with Venus, Cupid, and the Three Graces), Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1614, From the collection of: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Venus and Mercury, Poussin, Nicolas, c.1627-29, From the collection of: Dulwich Picture Gallery

Mars and Venus, Nicolas Poussin, 1633 - 1634, From the collection of: The Toledo Museum of Art

The Birth of Venus, Nicolas Poussin, French, 1594 - 1665, 1635 or 1636, From the collection of: Philadelphia Museum of Art

The Feast of Venus, Peter Paul Rubens, 1636/1637, From the collection of: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien

Venus Gathering Apples, Italian (Roman), 17th century, From the collection of: Dulwich Picture Gallery

Venus at the Forge of Vulcan, Francesco Solimena, 1704, From the collection of: The J. Paul Getty Museum

Triumph of the Marine Venus, Sebastiano Ricci, about 1713, From the collection of: The J. Paul Getty Museum

Venus de' Medici, 1722 - 1724, From the collection of: The J. Paul Getty Museum

The Triumph of Venus, Alessandro Magnasco, about 1720–1730, From the collection of: The J. Paul Getty Museum

Birth of Venus, COYPEL, Noël-Nicolas, 1732, From the collection of: Tokyo Fuji Art Museum

Venus Rising from the Waves, François Boucher and studio, circa 1766, From the collection of: North Carolina Museum of Art

Venus and Europa, Benjamin West, circa 1768, From the collection of: North Carolina Museum of Art

Venus on the Waves, François Boucher, 1769, From the collection of: The J. Paul Getty Museum

Venus and Aeneas or Achilles (?), Joseph Chinard, 1791-1792, From the collection of: Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Venus of Arles, Unknown, 1700/1800, From the collection of: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

Venus en reflection, Jean-François Janinet after Jacques Charlier, 1752/1814, From the collection of: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Venus with the Apple, Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1813/1816, From the collection of: Thorvaldsens Museum

Venus, Ernst Matthäi, 1816 - 1820, From the collection of: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Venus and Cupid, Antoni Solà, Around 1820, From the collection of: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya - MNAC, Barcelona

Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan, Guillemot, Alexandre Charles, 1827, From the collection of: Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

Venus Rising from her Couch, James Ward, 1769–1859, British, 1828, From the collection of: Yale Center for British Art

Venus, John Gibson RA, 1850, From the collection of: Art Gallery of New South Wales

Venus de Milos, Édouard Baldus, 1857, From the collection of: The J. Paul Getty Museum

Sleeping Nude, Gustave Courbet, 1858, From the collection of: The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

The Birth of Venus, Alexandre Cabanel, 1863, From the collection of: Musée d’Orsay, Paris

Venus Rising from the Sea, Gustave Moreau, 1866, From the collection of: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Venus di Medici, Fratelli Alinari, about 1856–1872, From the collection of: The J. Paul Getty Museum

The Birth Of Venus, Ettore Tito, 1903 - 1903, From the collection of: Ca' Pesaro - Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna

Mediterranean Venus, Julio Antonio, 1912 - 1912, From the collection of: Museu d'Art Modern de Tarragona

Nude with fruit bowl (Venus), Mario Sironi, [1923], From the collection of: Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino

La Venus criolla, Emilio CENTURION, 1934 - 1934, From the collection of: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Argentina

Modern Venus, Pietro Melandri, 1936/1936, From the collection of: Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche

Dreaming Venus, Jiří Kolář, 1960 - 1970, From the collection of: Egon Schiele Art Centrum

Venus, Fernando Botero, 1996, From the collection of: Museo Botero, Bogotá

Venus, Shin, Chihyun, 2005, From the collection of: Korean Art Museum Association

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Philadelphia Museum of Art

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

Old Masters Picture Gallery, Dresden State Art Museums

Dulwich Picture Gallery

SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst

Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya - MNAC, Barcelona

North Carolina Museum of Art

British Museum

Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona (MNAT)

Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche

Uffizi Gallery