Mythlogical and allegorical paintings (before 1540)

The Birth of Adonis 

1505-10

Oil on wood, 35 x 162 cm

Museo Civico, Padua

The Birth of Adonis (detail)

1505-10

Oil on wood

Museo Civico, Padua

The Legend of Polydorus

1505-10

Oil on wood, 35 x 162 cm

Museo Civico, Padua

Orpheus and Eurydice

c. 1508

Oil on canvas, 39 x 53 cm

Accademia Carrara, Bergamo

The Three Ages of Man

c. 1512

Oil on canvas, 90 x 152 cm

National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

The Three Ages of Man (detail)

c. 1512

Oil on canvas

National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

The Three Ages of Man (detail)

c. 1512

Oil on canvas

National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

Sacred and Profane Love

1514

Oil on canvas, 118 x 279 cm

Galleria Borghese, Rome

Sacred and Profane Love (detail)

1514

Oil on canvas

Galleria Borghese, Rome

Sacred and Profane Love (detail)

1514

Oil on canvas

Galleria Borghese, Rome

Sacred and Profane Love (detail)

1514

Oil on canvas

Galleria Borghese, Rome

Sacred and Profane Love (detail)

1514

Oil on canvas

Galleria Borghese, Rome

The Bravo

1516-17

Oil on canvas, 75 x 67 cm

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Venus Anadyomene

c. 1520

Oil on canvas, 76 x 57 cm

National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

The Venus of Urbino

before 1538

Oil on canvas, 119 x 165 cm

Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Venus of Urbino (detail)

before 1538

Oil on canvas

Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Venus of Urbino (detail)

before 1538

Oil on canvas

Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence