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The Toilette of Venus

Technical Details
  • Title
    The Toilette of Venus
  • Author
    Andrea Appiani
  • Year
    1790 - 5
  • Dimensions
    cm 81 x 112
  • Inventory
    7381
  • Room
    XXXVII

The paintings, inspired by 17th century poet Giovanbattista Marino’s Adonis, depict the Stories of Mars and Venus in two pairs of matching works. This idyllic picture shows the goddess admiring herself in the mirror. Set in original frames probably designed by Giocondo Albertolli, the oval paintings were intended to sit one above the other in the drawing room of an aristocratic Milan residence possibly belonging to a member of the Melzi family or to the Marquis Resta.

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