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Sleeping Venus
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Sleeping Venus

Willem de Broen · c. 1705 - in or before 1748 · etching; paper

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

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Venus lies sleeping on the shore of a lake. Putti fly through the air and play with their arrows and bows. Two fauns urge her to rest so that Venus does not wake up. Also a love couple, shepherd and shepherdess, has discovered the sleeping Venus.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printVenus asleepsleepingunconsciousness
Credit lineSlapende Venus. c. 1705 - in or before 17. Willem de Broen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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