FreeVenus with a Mirror
Paolo Caliari, called Veronese (Italian, Venetian, 1528–1588)
Title
Venus with a Mirror
Artist
Paolo Caliari, called Veronese (Italian, Venetian, 1528–1588)
Date
mid-1580s
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
65 × 49 in. (165.1 × 124.5 cm)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
1942.4
On View
On view
Owned jointly by the Bevilacqua and Muselli families, Verona, by 1648;
Ownership transferred in full to the Bevilacqua family, Palazzo Bevilacqua, Modena, by mid-seventeenth century–1805;
Sold by Bevilacqua to Richard Vickris Pryor (d. 1805), London, 1805 [1].
Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830), London by 1830;
Purchased at his posthumous sale, Christie’s, London, May 15, 1830, lot 114, by Wood.
Alexander von Frey (1882–1951), Paris, by 1929.
With Jacob Hirsch (1874–1955), New York, by 1938–January 3, 1942;
Purchased from Jacob Hirsch, through Harold Woodbury Parsons (1882–1967), by Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1942.
[1] Offered for sale at Christie’s, London, February 6, 1810, lot 3, but failed to sell.
Ownership transferred in full to the Bevilacqua family, Palazzo Bevilacqua, Modena, by mid-seventeenth century–1805;
Sold by Bevilacqua to Richard Vickris Pryor (d. 1805), London, 1805 [1].
Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830), London by 1830;
Purchased at his posthumous sale, Christie’s, London, May 15, 1830, lot 114, by Wood.
Alexander von Frey (1882–1951), Paris, by 1929.
With Jacob Hirsch (1874–1955), New York, by 1938–January 3, 1942;
Purchased from Jacob Hirsch, through Harold Woodbury Parsons (1882–1967), by Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1942.
[1] Offered for sale at Christie’s, London, February 6, 1810, lot 3, but failed to sell.
Colorado Spring Art Center, May 1938.
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, June–July 1938.
Classics of the Nude, Knoedler Gallery, New York, April 1939.
Masterpieces of Art, New York World’s Fair, April 30, 1939–October 27, 1940.
Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, December 1941–January 1942.
Notable Collections at Joslyn, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, November 30, 1956–January 1, 1957.
The Golden Century of Venetian Painting, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 30, 1979–January 27, 1980, no. 46.
The Art of Paolo Veronese, 1528–1588, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, November 13, 1988–February 20, 1989, no. 87.
Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, March 15–August 16, 2009; Musée du Louvre, Paris, September 14, 2009–January 4, 2010, no. 32.
Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, December 7, 2012–April 14, 2013, no. 11.
Titian to Monet: European Paintings from Joslyn Art Museum, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA, October 14, 2022–January 8, 2023; Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from Joslyn Art Museum, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, February 22–May 28, 2023.
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, June–July 1938.
Classics of the Nude, Knoedler Gallery, New York, April 1939.
Masterpieces of Art, New York World’s Fair, April 30, 1939–October 27, 1940.
Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, December 1941–January 1942.
Notable Collections at Joslyn, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, November 30, 1956–January 1, 1957.
The Golden Century of Venetian Painting, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 30, 1979–January 27, 1980, no. 46.
The Art of Paolo Veronese, 1528–1588, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, November 13, 1988–February 20, 1989, no. 87.
Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, March 15–August 16, 2009; Musée du Louvre, Paris, September 14, 2009–January 4, 2010, no. 32.
Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, December 7, 2012–April 14, 2013, no. 11.
Titian to Monet: European Paintings from Joslyn Art Museum, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA, October 14, 2022–January 8, 2023; Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from Joslyn Art Museum, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, February 22–May 28, 2023.
Carlo Ridolfi, Le maravigile dell’arte [Venice, 1648], ed. Detlev von Hadeln, vol. 1 (Berlin: Grote’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1914), 320, 335.
Detlev von Hadeln, “Veronese’s Venus at Her Toilet,” Burlington Magazine 54 (March 1929): 115–16.
Stephan Poglayen-Neuwall, Zeitschrift fur Bildende Kunst 30 (June 1929): 79.
Stephan Poglayen-Neuwall, “Titian’s Pictures of the Toilette of Venus and Their Copies,” Art Bulletin 16 (December 1934): 358.
Alfred Frankfurter, “The Venetians in California,” Art News 36 (July 16, 1938): 8.
K. E. Maison, Art Themes and Variations (New York, 1960), fig. 88.
Raffaello Borghini, Il riposo [Florence, 1854], (Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1969), 563.
Remigio Marini, L’opera completa del Veronese (Milan: Rizzoli, 1968), no. 218C.
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri, Census of Pre-nineteenth-century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1972), 39.
Terisio Pignatti, Veronese, vol. 1 (Venice: Alfieri, 1976), no. 275.
John D. Morse, Old Master Paintings in North America, a Comprehensive Guide to Locating and Enjoying over 300 Masterpieces by 50 Great Artists (New York: Abbeville Press, 1979), 294.
Terisio Pignatti, The Golden Century of Venetian Painting, exh. cat. (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1979), 128, 169, (repro.).
Rodolfo Pallucchini, Veronese (Milan: Mondadori, 1984), no. 213.
Holliday T. Day and Hollister Sturges, eds., Joslyn Art Museum: Paintings & Sculpture from the European & American Collections (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1987), 40–41, 43 (repro.).
W. R. Rearick, The Art of Paolo Veronese, 1528–1588, exh. cat. (Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1988), no. 87.
Terisio Pignatti and Filippo Pedrocco, Veronese: Catalogo complete dei dipinti (Florence, Cantini, 1991), no. 231.
Graham W. J. Beal et. al., Fifty Favorites from Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1994), 22–23, (repro.).
Terisio Pignatti and Filippo Pedrocco, Veronese, vol. 2 (Milan: Electa, 1995), no. 357.
Frederick Ilchman, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2009), 35, 137, 184, 186, 188, (repro.).
Virginia Brilliant and Frederick Ilchman, eds., Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice (London: Scala, 2012), 77, 97, 116, 117, 118, 265–66, (repro.).
Taylor J. Acosta, European Paintings and Sculpture from Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 2020), 22, 66–69 (repro.).
Detlev von Hadeln, “Veronese’s Venus at Her Toilet,” Burlington Magazine 54 (March 1929): 115–16.
Stephan Poglayen-Neuwall, Zeitschrift fur Bildende Kunst 30 (June 1929): 79.
Stephan Poglayen-Neuwall, “Titian’s Pictures of the Toilette of Venus and Their Copies,” Art Bulletin 16 (December 1934): 358.
Alfred Frankfurter, “The Venetians in California,” Art News 36 (July 16, 1938): 8.
K. E. Maison, Art Themes and Variations (New York, 1960), fig. 88.
Raffaello Borghini, Il riposo [Florence, 1854], (Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1969), 563.
Remigio Marini, L’opera completa del Veronese (Milan: Rizzoli, 1968), no. 218C.
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri, Census of Pre-nineteenth-century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1972), 39.
Terisio Pignatti, Veronese, vol. 1 (Venice: Alfieri, 1976), no. 275.
John D. Morse, Old Master Paintings in North America, a Comprehensive Guide to Locating and Enjoying over 300 Masterpieces by 50 Great Artists (New York: Abbeville Press, 1979), 294.
Terisio Pignatti, The Golden Century of Venetian Painting, exh. cat. (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1979), 128, 169, (repro.).
Rodolfo Pallucchini, Veronese (Milan: Mondadori, 1984), no. 213.
Holliday T. Day and Hollister Sturges, eds., Joslyn Art Museum: Paintings & Sculpture from the European & American Collections (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1987), 40–41, 43 (repro.).
W. R. Rearick, The Art of Paolo Veronese, 1528–1588, exh. cat. (Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1988), no. 87.
Terisio Pignatti and Filippo Pedrocco, Veronese: Catalogo complete dei dipinti (Florence, Cantini, 1991), no. 231.
Graham W. J. Beal et. al., Fifty Favorites from Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1994), 22–23, (repro.).
Terisio Pignatti and Filippo Pedrocco, Veronese, vol. 2 (Milan: Electa, 1995), no. 357.
Frederick Ilchman, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2009), 35, 137, 184, 186, 188, (repro.).
Virginia Brilliant and Frederick Ilchman, eds., Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice (London: Scala, 2012), 77, 97, 116, 117, 118, 265–66, (repro.).
Taylor J. Acosta, European Paintings and Sculpture from Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 2020), 22, 66–69 (repro.).