The model for the two maidens at the fore was Antonia Caiva and unusually in this drawing her features can be seen, which do not appear in the oil painting. This drawing dates concurrently with studies made for the Golden Stairs and the fact that Antonia was the also the model for that project, plus the majority of the girls here are playing musical instruments and descending stairs allies the two. Curiously in this drawing there is no suggestion of Venus which leads one to suppose that The Bath of Venus was an after-thought.