Venus of Poetry

Venus of Poetry
Venus of Poetry
Artist	Julio Romero de Torres
Year	1913
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	93.2 cm × 154 cm (36.7 in × 61 in)
Location	Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, Bilbao, Spain

Venus of Poetry (Spanish: La Venus de la poesía) is an oil painting by the Spanish artist Julio Romero de Torres, painted in 1913, and now exhibited at the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum. Its dimensions are 93.2 × 154 cm.

This painting is an allegory that shows the portraits of the Spanish singer Raquel Meller and her husband, the Guatemalan writer, Enrique Gómez Carrillo.^[1]

References

^ García de la Torre, F. (2008). Julio Romero de Torres, pintor (1874-1930) [Julio Romero de Torres, painter (1874-1930)] (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Arch/Books. p. 264. ISBN 978-84-7635-719-4.

External links

Tab of the painting in the Museum of Fine Arts of Bilbao

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[1] García de la Torre, F. (2008). Julio Romero de Torres, pintor (1874-1930) [Julio Romero de Torres, painter (1874-1930)] (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Arch/Books. p. 264. ISBN 978-84-7635-719-4.

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