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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The painting is probably "An Allegory With Venus and Cupid" by the Italian Agnolo Bronzino. It is in the National Gallery in London and was painted around 1540-1550. It is one of the most famous and most unusual paintings in the world.
It features Venus and her son Cupid. Cupid is kissing his mother on the lips while simultaneously fondling one of her breasts. To their right is a boy with bells on his ankle. There are other characters as well. I'm not sure what it all means- in fact, I don't know if anyone does. It's got something to do with the dangers of syphilis.
Hi moon_unit,
Artists,critics,connessuirs etc have been confused,delighted and repelled by this painting,since the day the paint dried on the canvas!
It is rumoured to be all kinds of Love.Venus and Cupid are obvious(Venus is the origin of the word Venereal of course!)
The guy on the left (clutching his head wildly) is thought to depict madness caused by syphillis,which may(or may not) be the charming cherub with bells on his ankles.The guy in the background(right) with outstreched arm, is thought to be Time revealing Death(on the left)!However the nastiest thing in the painting is the rosy cheeked girl behind the bell ankled cherub.Her upper part is sweetness and light and quite beautiful,BUT if you follow down her body,you will see she has a reptiles tail and lower half and claws!This is thought to indicate (sorry Ladies) that while women seem sweet, they are animals who give "poor" Men syphillis.Well it was painted mid 16th C so there was no Feminism then!
If you can get to London,do try and see it "in the flesh" because it's quite large,and no reproduction can give you all the detail.
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