Venus and the Lute Player ca. 1565–70 Titian Italian Venus, the goddess of love, interrupts her music making to be crowned with a wreath of flowers by Cupid. An admiring, well dressed youth playing the lute—the quintessential instrument for love madrigals—gazes at her raptly. In the background nymphs and satyrs dance to the music of a shepherd. Titian painted this amatory theme multiple times. This one was left unfinished, except for the landscape background, which is fully painted by the artist. Once believed to allude to contemporary debates concerning "seeing" versus "hearing" as the primar
Venus and the Lute Player ca. 1565–70 Titian Italian Venus, the goddess of love, interrupts her music making to be crowned with a wreath of flowers by Cupid. An admiring, well dressed youth playing the lute—the quintessential instrument for love madrigals—gazes at her raptly. In the background nymphs and satyrs dance to the music of a shepherd. Titian painted this amatory theme multiple times. This one was left unfinished, except for the landscape background, which is fully painted by the artist. Once believed to allude to contemporary debates concerning "seeing" versus "hearing" as the primary means for perceiving beauty, these pictures seem mainly to celebrate sensual Venus and the Lute Player 437827
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