Bronzino's London Allegory and the Art of Syphilis.

The article discusses an interpretation of the painting "An Allegory with Venus and Cupid," on display at the National Gallery in London. The painting presents various interpretations to the painting showing Cupid and Venus. With Cupid kissing Venus pleasurably and Venus holding Cupid's arrow. The painting symbolizes the eternal battle between love and time. Since Michael Levey's exposition of the Bronzino Agnolo's painting in 1967, varied interpretations have come out. Commentaries on the depictions have been numerous and this author wishes to concentrate on the interdisciplinary and intertextual approach in the cultural representation of the "act of Venus."