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The Rokeby Venus (The Toilet of Venus)
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The Rokeby Venus (The Toilet of Venus)

Diego Velázquez
1647–51
Public domainThis image is free to download, share and reuse. The license is recorded as "Public domain" by Wikimedia Commons. See the evidence.

The story

It is Velázquez's only surviving female nude, painted when the Inquisition policed nudes in Spain. In 1914 the suffragette Mary Richardson slashed it with a meat cleaver in the National Gallery.

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Object details

Title
The Rokeby Venus (The Toilet of Venus)
Artist
Diego Velázquez
Date
1647–51
Culture
Spanish
Medium
Oil on canvas
Object type
Paintings
Collection
National Gallery, London
Credit line
Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number
EFA.0122
Original image
3000 × 2058 px
Source record
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License evidence
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