An earlier family have a sensitive moment during the an effective leafy glade. Venus, deity out-of love, holds their unique son Cupid’s bow as the his dad Mercury, jesus off communications and you can laughter, instructs him to learn. Mercury seems down fondly in the their youngster but Venus gazes dreamily into the all of us and grins. Strangely, Venus was revealed that have wings.
The fresh paint was created as one of a pair that have Venus and you may Cupid having a Satyr (Louvre, Paris), where a great satyr draws back the material level Venus and you may Cupid just who rest punctual sleeping, revealing their naked government stretched-out from inside the voluptuous ditch. This new Louvre’s painting signifies the fresh earthly Venus; the fresh new National Gallery’s color is short for the latest celestial Venus. The two pictures had been meant to be displayed to each other, and you can a listing out-of 1589 records that they have been strung in the a ground flooring rooms out of a palace for the Mantua. Continue reading Correggio, Venus having Mercury and you may Cupid (‘The School of Love’)