Note 2016 — BOOK XXXV. AN ACCOUNT OF PAINTINGS AND COLOURS.
John Bostock translation
See Note 2011 above. Propertius mentions this as his greatest work. B. III. El. 9, l. 11. “In Veneris tabulâ summam sibi ponit Apelles.” “In his picture of Venus, Apelles produces his masterpiece.” It is mentioned also by Ovid, Tristia, B. II. l. 527, and Art. Amor. B. III. l. 401. The line in B. III. l. 224 is also well known—
“Nuda Venus madidas exprimit imbre comas.”
“And naked Venus wrings her dripping locks.”