GOUJON, Jean
(b. ca. 1510, d. ca. 1565, Bologna)

Venus and Cupid

1540s
Marble, 51 x 57 cm (oval)
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

This relief almost certainly came from the Château d'Anet, one of the outstanding creations of the French Renaissance, built and decorated on King Henry II's orders for his mistress, Diane de Poitiers.