Cupid Untying the Zone of Venus
Joshua Reynolds · 1788
The story
Cupid Untying the Zone of Venus (originally entitled A Nymph and Cupid: 'The Snake in the Grass' or The Snake in the Grass, or Love unloosing the zone of Beauty; later also known as Love and Beauty and Cupid Untying the Girdle of Venus) is a painting by Joshua Reynolds. It shows Cupid untying the girdle of his mother Venus – the latter was modelled on Emma Hart.
- Artist
- Joshua Reynolds
- Date
- 1788
- Collection
- Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 127.5 × 101 cm
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