VERONESE, Paolo
(b. 1528, Verona, d. 1588, Venezia)

Vulcan and Venus

1560-61
Fresco
Villa Barbaro, Maser

In the southern lunette of the Sala dell'Olimpo Vulcan and Venus personify winter and spring. The figure dressed in green behind Venus is Proserpina who returns to earth each spring, remaining female figures may be nymphs.