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Physical Object
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http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/plugins/Dropbox/files/object_images/ART New/467.1999.zif
Dublin Core
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Type
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painting
Has Version
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http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/plugins/Dropbox/files/object_images/ART New/467.1999.zif
Requires
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16470
Identifier
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467.1999
Creator
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Domenico Piola
Date
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Genoa, Italy, 1627 - 1703, Genoa, Italy
Date Created
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circa 1680
Rights Holder
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The Suida-Manning Collection
Spatial Coverage
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154.1 cm x 113.6 cm (60 11/16 in. x 44 3/4 in.)
Medium
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Oil on canvas
Title
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An Allegory with Venus and Time
Description
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In this allegory, Time, with his hourglass, presents Venus, the goddess of love, with a mature rose, as if to remind her that earthly love is as fleeting as a rose’s bloom. In response, Venus reveals her higher identity as a symbol of enduring spiritual love and divine beauty, a concept that evolved from the rediscovery of the writings of Plato and other ancient philosophers during the Renaissance. Venus here has already disarmed her son Cupid, the god of erotic love, by breaking his bow’s string. He is now unable to enflame uncontrollable desires in people and gods by shooting arrows into them.
Domenico Piola, the leading artist in Genoa in the second half of the seventeenth century, painted many ceiling frescoes for churches and palaces. Paintings predating 1684 like this one are especially rare, since French naval bombardments in May of that year destroyed most of Genoa, including Piola’s house and studio.
467.1999