Venus and the Lute Player

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Venus and the Lute Player

Titian finished "Venus and the Lute Player" (1565--70) when he was a young 83. It combines visual beauty with music -- one inspiring the other? -- and presents a Venus with a decidedly larger midsection than her Greek antecedents.

Author: CBS News Staff

Credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art

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