© National Gallery of Scotland
Venus Anadyomene (Venus Rising from the Sea)
Artist: Titian (circa 1488 - 1576)
Location: National Gallery of Scotland
Date: circa 1520-25
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 75.8 x 57.6cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £500,000 (Total: £11,414,178; tax remission)
Vendor: Trustees of the Ellesmere 1939 Settlement
Review number: 5278 (2003)
Provenance:
Perhaps Raffaele Raggio, 16th century, Genoa; ... ; Queen Christina of Sweden, until 1689; Cardinal Dezio Azzolino; Marchese Pompeo Azzolino; Prince livio Odescalchi until 1713; Prince Baldassare Odescalchi-Erba; Regent Philippe, Duc d'Orleans, 1721; Louis-Philippe-Joseph, Duc d'Orleans; Viscount Walchiers, Brussels, 1791; Francois de Laborde de Mereville; Bryan's Gallery, London, 1798; 3rd Duke of Bridgewater; by descent to Duke of Sutherland. On loan to the National Gallery of Scotland since 1945.
Description:
Aphrodite Anadyomene is depicted wringing her hair as she wades ashore through the shallows, with a diminuitive scallop shell floating beside her. According to legend, she was born fully grown from the foam and blown ashore on a scallop shell, landing near Paphos in Cyprus. The great painter of antiquity, Apelles had painted a similar work, and Titian was deliberately inviting comparison between them by choosing to paint this subject.
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