Studies for the figure of Venus by Elihu Vedder
American, late 19th to early 20th century
black and white chalk
Studies for the figure of Venus by Elihu Vedder
American, late 19th to early 20th century
black and white chalk
Landscape with Venus and Adonis (and detail) by Gillis van Conixloo
Flemish, 1580s
oil on canvas
Cleveland Museum of Art
“Venus between Terminal Gods” by Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
1895
From The Later Work of Aubrey Beardsley (1920)
Edited and posted by eoskins on Flickr
Detail of Venus After the Bath, after a model by Giambologna
Italian, c. 1590-1610
bronze
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Detail of Bathing Venus, after a model by Giambologna
Italian, late 16th to early 17th century
bronze
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Swiftly re-light the flame,
Aphrodite, holy name,
Astarte, hull and spar
of wrecked ships lost your star,
forgot the light at dusk
forgot the prayer at dawn;
return, O holiest one,
Venus whose name is kin
to venerate,
venerator.
Three drawings of Venus, labeled “Marvel of the World (Birth of Venus),” “Venus’ looking glass,” and “Rose of Heaven,” from the album The Flower Book by Sir Edward Burne-Jones
British, 1882-1898
watercolor touched with gold on paper
British Museum