Why it matters
Venus rises from the sea, wringing out her hair, a small shell floating nearby. The hair-wringing pose deliberately imitates Apelles's lost masterpiece of the same title, to show that Titian could rival antiquity.
Did you know?
- It dates from around 1520.
- The shell is derived from Hesiod's description of Venus's birth.
- Her pose owes much to the Crouching Venus and the Cnidian Venus.
Based on the Wikipedia article Venus Anadyomene (Titian) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
