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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	6 June 1599	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

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

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

Licensing

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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/