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| workshop of Raphael Venus, Vulcan and Cupid ca. 1510-20 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Lucas Cranach the Elder Venus with Cupid stealing Honey ca. 1530 oil on panel National Gallery, London |
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| Giulio Romano Birth of Venus ca. 1533 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Paris Bordone Mars and Venus surprised by Vulcan ca. 1549-50 oil on canvas Gemäldegalerie, Berlin |
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| Luca Cambiaso Venus pulling Cupid's Ears ca. 1570 oil on canvas Collection of Franco Maria Ricci, Fontanellato |
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| Hans von Aachen Venus and Adonis ca. 1570-80 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Anonymous Dutch Artist Paris awarding the Golden Apple to Venus 17th century drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Paolo Farinati after Paolo Veronese Venus and Adonis ca. 1590 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy Toilette of Venus ca. 1647 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Claude Mellan Venus and Adonis ca. 1650 drawing (print study) Musée du Louvre |
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| Carlo Carlone Mercury leading Venus, Minerva and Juno to the Judgment of Paris ca. 1727-30 oil on canvas Gemäldegalerie, Berlin |
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| Jacques Charlier Venus leaving the Bath ca. 1760 pastel Musée du Louvre |
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| Denis Brownell Murphy after John Hoppner Sleeping Venus 1820 enamel miniature Musée du Louvre |
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| William Etty after Titian Venus of Urbino 1823 oil on canvas Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture, Edinburgh |
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| C. Kanz le fils Sleeping Venus ca. 1835-38 enamel miniature Musée du Louvre |
Limits
Who knows this or that?
Hark in the wall to the rat:
Since the world was, he has gnawed;
Of his wisdom, of his fraud
What dost thou know?
In the wretched little beast
Is life and heart,
Child and parent,
Not without relation
To fruitful field and sun and moon.
What art thou? His wicked eye
Is cruel to thy cruelty.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (1860)