Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time is an oil-on-wood allegorical painting by the Florentine artist
Agnolo Bronzino, created in around 1545. Scholars do not know for certain what the painting depicts, but the two central figures are recognisable as
Venus and
Cupid. The bearded, bald figure to the upper right of the scene, shown in front of an hourglass, is believed to be Time, and there are several theories regarding the identity of the other characters. The painting is now in the
National Gallery, London.
Painting: Agnolo Bronzino