The Toilet of Venus ('The Rokeby Venus')  1651

by Diego Velázquez

This is the only surviving example of a female nude by Velázquez. The subject was rare in Spain because it met with the disapproval of the Church. Read more... [The National Gallery, London]
Size: 
122.5 x 177 cm
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
This photographic reproduction is in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons)