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Venus and Apollo
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Venus and Apollo

Jan Goeree · 1712 · engraving; paper

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

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In the middle Venus on a throne. In her hand a stone tablet with the title of the booklet. Next to her throne two putti with a lyre. Apollo stands on the left and tramples an owl under his right foot. Venus writes with a feather in a book that Apollo offers her. Behind the throne a Pegasus.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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titelpaginaprintPegasus, the winged horseowls
Credit lineVenus en Apollo. 1712. Jan Goeree. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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