Skip to main content
Search
Venus and Cupid warming themselves (Venus frigida)
Venus and Cupid warming themselves (Venus frigida)
Back to the Collection

Venus and Cupid warming themselves (Venus frigida)

by Follower of Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Date: c.1610-20

Currently not on display

View works on display
Item details

  • Acquisition

    Bourgeois Bequest, 1811

  • Accession number

    DPG165

  • Artist

    Follower of Sir Peter Paul Rubens

  • Date

    c.1610-20

  • Dimensions

    35.5 x 46.6 cm

  • Materials

    Oil on panel

The subject is taken from a saying quoted by Terence ('The Eunuch', 732): 'Sine Baceho et Cererefriget Venus' ('Without Bacchus and Ceres, Venus grows cold'). DPG165 seems to be a sketch for a picture in the Akademie der bildenden Knste Vienna. Both were published by Mller-Hofstede in 1967 as Rubens, but the attribution is not generally accepted.

Venus and Cupid warming themselves (Venus frigida)

Want to use or download this artwork?

For personal use - Download artwork

For commercial use - Purchase a licence & download on Bridgeman images

What is commercial use?