Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Venus / Bath and Toilet of Venus / Venus combed and adorned by the Graces

SECULAR ICONOGRAPHY

Allegories and personifications A-Z / Vanity (Vanitas) / Vanity of appearance

Further details

Venus wearing a 'ring', probably of straw, around her head, and her hair is draped over it, in order to be bleached by the sun, whilst her face is protected, called by the museum 'Allegorie op de Ijdelheid'

Artist or creator

Aspruck, Franz (born c1570-1580)

Date

1606

Location

Amsterdam, Rijksprentenkabinet (RP-T-1940-610)

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))
Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (Photographer (analogue))

Find out more

Web resources

Rijksmuseum

Rights and Permissions

This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 Unported License

Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

Contact

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