File:Diego Velázquez - Rokeby Venus.jpg

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Summary

Diego Velázquez: Rokeby Venus

Artist



Alternative names	Birth name: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez
Description	Spanish painter, artist and visual artist
Date of birth/death	before 6 June 1599 date QS:P,+1599-06-06T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1599-06-06T00:00:00Z/11	6 August 1660
Location of birth/death	Seville	Madrid
Work location	Venice (1629); Seville (1611–1622); Madrid (1622–1660); Rome (1629–1630); Naples (1630–1631); Rome (1636–1637); Italy (1649–1651)
Authority file	: Q297 VIAF: 76324831 ISNI: 0000000121400618 ULAN: 500016881 LCCN: n79063457 NLA: 35965890 WorldCat

Title

Rokeby Venus or The Toilet of Venus , Venus at her Mirror, Venus and Cupid

Object type

painting

Genre

nude

Description

Toilet of Venus

Depicted people

Date

1644

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 122.5 cm (48.2 in)

; width: 175 cm (68.8 in)

Collection

National Gallery

	Native name	National Gallery
	Parent institution	Board of Trustees of the National Gallery
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 30′ 32″ N, 0° 07′ 42″ W
	Established	1824
	Website	nationalgallery.org.uk
	Authority file	: Q180788 VIAF: 144868906 ISNI: 0000000406058908 ULAN: 500125190 LCCN: n80081622 NLA: 35311349 WorldCat

Current location

room 30

Accession number

NG2057 (National Gallery)

Exhibition history

Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester 1857, 5 May 1857 - 17 October 1857
Velázquez, Kunsthistorisches Museum, 25 March 2015 / 28 October 2014 - 13 July 2015

Credit line

Presented by the National Art Collections Fund, 1906

References

Source/Photographer

Key facts. The National Gallery, London. Retrieved on 25 June 2013.

Other versions

image with frame
different from: Venus and Cupid

Camera location	51° 30′ 32.4″ N, 0° 07′ 44.4″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	51.509000; -0.129000

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derivative works

Derivative works of this file: Diego Velázquez - Venus at her Mirror.jpg

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	09:21, 22 September 2019	6,162 × 4,226 (9.9 MB)	Archaeodontosaurus	Reverted to version as of 21:03, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
	15:42, 30 June 2016	6,162 × 4,226 (7.32 MB)	Alonso de Mendoza	Color y brillo
	21:03, 28 May 2010	6,162 × 4,226 (9.9 MB)	Ilmari Karonen	convert Olpl's high-res version from progressive to normal order
	10:54, 25 May 2010	2,738 × 1,876 (3.64 MB)	Justass	Reverted to version as of 09:12, 25 May 2010
	09:21, 25 May 2010	6,161 × 4,225 (9.11 MB)	Lycaon	hires attempt 3
	09:19, 25 May 2010	6,162 × 4,226 (9.35 MB)	Lycaon	hires attempt 2
	09:12, 25 May 2010	2,738 × 1,876 (3.64 MB)	Justass	Reverted to working wersion
	03:23, 25 May 2010	6,162 × 4,226 (9.35 MB)	Olpl	Even better resolution.
	17:41, 12 December 2009	2,738 × 1,876 (3.64 MB)	Jan Arkesteijn	higher resolution
	12:57, 25 July 2006	950 × 651 (99 KB)	Snotty	{{Information\| \|Description= en:Rokeby Venus by en:Diego Velázquez Non-creative mechanical reproduction of pre-copyright image from [http://www.wga.hu/art/v/velazque/1651-60/01venus.jpg] via [http://gallery.euroweb.hu/html/v/velazque/1651-60/