Allegory of the Power of Venus

Jan de Bisschop, 1638 - 1671

No one is safe from Cupid’s love arrows; not a king, nor a knight, nor an old man. His mother Venus, to the right of centre, spurs him on. De Bisschop copied a painting by Alessandro Turchi, an artist from Verona, which in his time must have been in the possession of a Dutch collector. The picture is now in the Mauritshuis in The Hague.

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1951-22
  • Dimensionsheight 293 mm x width 378 mm
  • Physical characteristicspen en penseel in bruin, zwart krijt