A partially nude woman with pale, peachy skin sits to our left looking into a mirror held up by a nearly nude, winged child to our right in this vertical painting.

Venice: Bellini to Tintoretto

Venus with a Mirror

Titian

artist Titian (Venetian, 1488/1490–1576)

date c. 1555

medium Oil on canvas

origin Italy

dimensions 124.5 × 105.5 cm

credit line Andrew W. Mellon Collection

hall 10 Venice: Bellini to Tintoretto

rights public domain (CC0)

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