Venus and Cupid

Venus and Amor (also known as Venus and Cupid) is painting by Hans Holbein the Youngers workshop and is the collection of the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland. It was assumed for a long time to be painting by Hans Holbein the Younger, but research showed that this could not be possible. It was discovered that the painter had used a sort of carbon paper with the contours of the already existing Laïs and used it to transfer those contours in reverse on the new portrait he was to paint of Venus.

As the portrait is dated 1526, the year of Holbein's departure from Basel, it is assumed that it was painted between 1526 and 1528, the years Holbein stayed in London. The painting depicts the Roman goddess of love, Venus, with her son Amor (Cupid) and the model is believed to be either Magdalena Offenburg or her daughter Dorothea. They are shown in front of a large hanging green curtain and behind a l…

摘自英文维基百科「Venus and Amor」（CC BY-SA 4.0），暂时没有中文条目。