Rokeby Venus other works by Velázquez and was probably deliberate. The painting was given a major cleaning and restoration in 1965–66, which showed it to be in good condition, and with very little paint added later by other artists, contrary to what some earlier writers had asserted. Paintings of nudes and of Venus by Italian, and especially Venetian, artists were influences on Velázquez. However, Velázquez's version is, according to the art historian Andreas Prater, "a highly independent visual concept that has many precursors, but no direct model; scholars have sought them in vain". Forerunners include Titian's various depictions of Venus, such as
Morris Robinson, 3rd Baron Rokeby in the House of Lords. Lord Rokeby died in May 1829, aged 71. He was unmarried and was succeeded in the barony by his younger brother, Matthew, who had adopted the surname of Montagu. Morris Robinson, 3rd Baron Rokeby Morris Robinson, 3rd Baron Rokeby (14 July 1757 – 10 May 1829), was a British politician. Robinson was the son of London attorney Morris Robinson by Jane Greenland, daughter of John Greenland, of Lovelace, Kent. He was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge (1775-77) and also entered Lincoln's Inn to study law in 1775. He was returned to Parliament for Boroughbridge, a