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| Artist | Antonio da Correggio |
| Year | c. 1528 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 188.5 cm × 125.5 cm (74.2 in × 49.4 in) |
| Location | Musée du Louvre |
Venus and Cupid with a Satyr (around 1524-1527) is a painting by the ItalianHigh Renaissance artistAntonio da Correggio. It is now in theMusée du Louvre in Paris.[1]
This painting was in the 16th century in the private collection of count Nicholas Maffei. It is very likely that one of the members of the Maffei family has commissioned two paintings that they then arrived in the 17th century in the collection of theGonzaga family, with whom the Maffei were relatives. In fact, the son of count Nicholas Maffei, count Frederick Maffei, married Isabel, daughter of CardinalErcole Gonzaga.
The work depictsVenus sleeping with her sonEros. Behind them, asatyr is caught while discovering the goddess. The picture is often also seen as portrayingJupiter andAntiope as, according to mythology andOvid, Jupiter had turned himself into a satyr to rape the nymph.
The painting was probably connected to Correggio'sVenus with Mercury and Cupid (The School of Love), now in theNational Gallery of London. It, or a copy of it, can be seen in the 1628 painting of the gallery ofCornelis van der Geest, byWillem van Haecht.
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