Correggio, Venus with Mercury and you may Cupid (‘The College away from Love’)
An earlier household members provides a delicate minute during the an excellent leafy glade. Venus, deity out-of like, retains their unique young buck Cupid's-bow given that their dad Mercury, goodness out-of communications and you will laughs, instructs your to learn. Mercury appears down fondly from the his youngster but Venus gazes dreamily towards all of us and you can smiles. Strangely, Venus try found which have wings.
The latest painting was created as one of some which have Venus and you can Cupid having an excellent Satyr (Louvre, Paris), in which a great satyr draws back this new content layer Venus and you may Cupid who rest quick sleeping, revealing the naked bodies stretched out from inside the voluptuous ditch.