The Rokeby Venus (/ˈroʊkbi/ ROHK-bee; also known as The Toilet of Venus, Venus at her Mirror, Venus and Cupid; Whose original title was "The Mirror's...
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Mary Richardson (section Damaging the Rokeby Venus)
the National Gallery in London to attack a painting by Velázquez, the Rokeby Venus, using a chopper she smuggled into the gallery. She wrote a brief statement...
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gazing into a mirror, such as Diego Velázquez's Rokeby Venus, Titian's Venus with a Mirror, and Veronese's Venus with a Mirror. It was discovered in 2003 by...
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to the National Gallery in London to view his favourite painting, the Rokeby Venus, by the Spanish artist Diego Velázquez. Jessie had expressed interest...
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English home of the painting The Toilet of Venus by Diego Velázquez, now known in English as The Rokeby Venus. The original now hangs in the National Gallery...
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subject, as in Velázquez's Rokeby Venus, but in fact of a nude Spanish woman. More obviously, while Velázquez painted his Venus revealing only her back,...
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The Birth of Venus (Botticelli) (c. 1485) Sleeping Venus (c. 1501) Venus of Urbino (1538) Venus with a Mirror (c. 1555) Rokeby Venus (1647–1651) Olympia...
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Rokeby is the name of: Baron Rokeby, an Irish title Rokeby baronets, a British title Thomas de Rokeby Rokeby, Tasmania, a suburb of Hobart Rokeby, Victoria...
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States. Their first acquisition for the National Gallery was Velázquez's Rokeby Venus in 1906, followed by Holbein's Portrait of Christina of Denmark in 1909...
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Borja y Velasco. The model for Mary may be the same as he used for the Rokeby Venus. Velázquez's coronation of the Virgin is exceptional for being a rare...
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Velázquez in which he plays with conventions of representation. In the Rokeby Venus—his only surviving nude—the face of the subject is visible, blurred beyond...
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Greta Bridge (section Rokeby Park)
famous painting the Rokeby Venus by Spanish painter Diego Velázquez was purchased c.1813 and brought to England to hang in Rokeby Park. In 1906 the painting...
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Capitoline Museums in Rome Venus at a Mirror by Peter Paul Rubens (1615). Rubens adapted the theme to his own style. The Rokeby Venus by Diego Velázquez. (1599–1660)...
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been able to release his La Venus del espejo (c. 1644–1648, English: Venus at her Mirror) also known as The Rokeby Venus. It is the first known female...
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Rubens Rokeby Venus (c. 1647–51) by Diego Velázquez Venus and Cupid Lamenting the Dead Adonis (1656) by Cornelis Holsteyn The Birth of Venus (1863) by...
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number of later reclining nudes such as the Pardo Venus and Venus of Urbino of Titian, the Rokeby Venus of Velázquez, Goya's teasing La maja desnuda, and...
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most famous objects in British public collections, such as Velázquez's Rokeby Venus in the National Gallery, Picasso's Weeping Woman in the Tate collection...
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The composition has clearly influenced Velázquez's painting of the Rokeby Venus, now in London. A reduced-scale bronze copy, made and signed by Giovanni...
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the National Gallery in London and attacked Diego Velázquez's painting Rokeby Venus with a meat cleaver. Her action was ostensibly provoked by the arrest...
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Vulcan (1629) The Surrender of Breda (1634–1635) Mars Resting (1640) Rokeby Venus (c. 1647–1651) Female Figure (1648) Las Hilanderas (c. 1657) Religious...
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Vulcan (1629) The Surrender of Breda (1634–1635) Mars Resting (1640) Rokeby Venus (c. 1647–1651) Female Figure (1648) Las Hilanderas (c. 1657) Religious...
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Vulcan (1629) The Surrender of Breda (1634–1635) Mars Resting (1640) Rokeby Venus (c. 1647–1651) Female Figure (1648) Las Hilanderas (c. 1657) Religious...
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Vulcan (1629) The Surrender of Breda (1634–1635) Mars Resting (1640) Rokeby Venus (c. 1647–1651) Female Figure (1648) Las Hilanderas (c. 1657) Religious...
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Turner, Joseph Wright of Derby, and Velázquez, including the latter's Rokeby Venus in the National Gallery, London. Agnew's also exhibited and sold works...
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("Archduke Leopold William in his Gallery at Brussels") Diego Velázquez – The Rokeby Venus (c.1647-1651) August 13 - Balthasar Permoser, Austrian sculptor (died...
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in a private room, along with other nudes, including the much earlier Rokeby Venus by Velasquez. The Creation of Adam (c. 1511) by Michelangelo on the ceiling...
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Vulcan (1629) The Surrender of Breda (1634–1635) Mars Resting (1640) Rokeby Venus (c. 1647–1651) Female Figure (1648) Las Hilanderas (c. 1657) Religious...
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Vulcan (1629) The Surrender of Breda (1634–1635) Mars Resting (1640) Rokeby Venus (c. 1647–1651) Female Figure (1648) Las Hilanderas (c. 1657) Religious...
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Oost NG1137 Philip IV in Brown and Silver 1635 Diego Velázquez NG1129 Rokeby Venus 1644 Diego Velázquez NG2057 The Heavenly and Earthly Trinities 1680 Bartolomé...
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beginning a long line of famous paintings including the Venus of Urbino (Titian, 1538), and the Rokeby Venus (Diego Velázquez, c. 1650). Although they reflect...
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