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A Satyr Surprises the Sleeping Venus
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A Satyr Surprises the Sleeping Venus

Bernard Picart · 1697 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Landscape with a satyr creeping upon the sleeping Venus. At her feet two turtling doves. Amor tries to stop the satyr. In the margin a six-line poem, in two columns, in French.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printother birds: dovesatyr(s) spying uponVenus asleep
Credit lineSater besluipt de slapende Venus. 1697. Bernard Picart. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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