The Toilet of Venus (The Rokeby Venus)

Diego Velázquez

1647–1651 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery, London

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About this work

Artist: Diego Velázquez (1599–1660)
Year: 1647–1651
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 122.5 × 175 cm
Collection: National Gallery, London
Movement: Baroque

Venus lies on a bed with her back to the viewer, her brunette head resting on one arm, while Cupid holds up a mirror in which her face appears, softly blurred and larger than it should be. There are no roses, pearls or myrtle, none of the usual trappings, just grey satin, a crimson curtain and skin. Velázquez painted it between 1647 and 1651, probably during his second stay in Italy, and it is his only surviving female nude; the subject was almost unknown in Spain, where the Inquisition frowned on it, though the king's circle collected nudes by Titian and Rubens. It hung in Spanish houses until 1813, then at Rokeby Park in County Durham, which gave it its name, and the National Art Collections Fund bought it for the National Gallery in London in 1906. In 1914 the suffragette Mary Richardson slashed it with a meat cleaver; it was restored, and it is NG2057.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 12×18 and 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is The Toilet of Venus (The Rokeby Venus) in the public domain?

Yes. Diego Velázquez (1599–1660) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by National Gallery.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Toilet of Venus (The Rokeby Venus) painted, and in what medium?

The Toilet of Venus (The Rokeby Venus) dates from 1647–1651 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 122.5 × 175 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Diego Velázquez's The Toilet of Venus — The Rokeby Venus — Venus reclining with her back to us, her face reflected in a mirror held by Cupid — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. The Spanish Golden Age, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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