The underlined musculature of the animal expresses his strength, and his inclined head and calm eyes soften his image.

The first, taming the horse, symbolizes the subduction of the love desires of the god of Mars, the control over passions.

[2] The second putto, which tied the ribbon around Venus' legs, symbolizes the union of lovers into eternal love and harmony in a time without wars.

X-ray study described by Alan Burroughs in his book Art Criticism from a Laboratory showed that the arrangement of Venus's body was different and was probably covered with drapery pulling downwards.

It was in the possession of Ferdinand III of Habsburg, and after the Swedes' invasion of Prague in 1648, it entered the collection of Queen Christina of Sweden and was taken with her in her Roman exile.