The Toilet of Venus' by Diego Velazquez, ('The Rokeby Venus'), 1647-1651. Venus, the goddess of love, was the most beautiful of the goddesses, and was regarded as a personification of female beauty. She is shown here with her son Cupid, who holds up a mirror for her to look both at herself and at the viewer. From the collection of the National Gallery, London, England.

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