Venus, seated, three-quarter-length, frontal, turns to look over her shoulder to Cupid, who places his hand on her shoulder. He stands on his quiver, which is placed on a table or parapet; there is a curtain behind them to the right.

This painting has long been described as a copy after Titian, but there is no evidence that he ever painted such a picture. In a general way the types and their attributes are imitated from his, but this is a feeble picture and does not seem to be by an artist trained in his workshop.