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The Rokeby Venus (/ ˈ r oʊ k b i / ROHK-bee; also known as The Toilet of Venus, Venus at her Mirror, Venus and Cupid; Whose original title was "The Mirror's Venus" Spanish: La Venus del espejo) is a painting by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age.
The Toilet of Venus is an oil painting on canvas completed in 1751 by the painter François Boucher. One of his best known works, it is held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York . Description
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States.
English: This painting is a replica of the work executed by François Boucher in 1743 (oil on oval canvas, 101.6 x 87.6 cm; New-York, private collection) and a pendant to inv. 7656, The Triumph of Venus
“The Toilet of Venus” depicts a naked Venus, the goddess of love, reclining on a bed with her back facing the viewer, as her son Cupid holds a mirror up to her face.
The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: Public domain Public domain false false This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer .
Two people attacked the The Toilet of Venus, a painting by 17th century artist Diego Velázquez previously targeted by the Suffragettes
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