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Venus of Urbino
Titian, Venus of Urbino, 1538, Late Italian Renaissance.
1) Commissioned by the Duke of Urbino as a wedding gift for his new bride
2) Was an instructional tool of eroticism, fidelity, and motherhood to the Duke's 14 year old bride, meant to hang in their wedding chamber
3) The dog in the background symbolizes fidelity and lust