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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.

About this work

Landscape with a satyr creeping upon the sleeping Venus. At her feet two turtling doves. Amor tries to stop the satyr.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

print other birds: dove satyr(s) spying upon Venus asleep

Credit lineSater besluipt de slapende Venus. 1697. Bernard Picart. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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