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Slumbering Venus

Item

Title
Slumbering Venus
Rights
Old Masters Picture Gallery, Dresden, Germany. Copyright.
Creator
Giorgione (1477/78-1510), Titian (1488/90-1576)
Date
1508/10
Description
Venus reclines nude on red and white drapes, in the hills of a countryside. Her eyes are closed and her left hand obscures her pubis, her right hand cushioning her head.
Format
Painting. Oil on canvas. 108.5 x 175 cm.
Publisher
Old Masters Picture Gallery.
Contributor
Mckenzi Monical.
Identifier
Old Masters Picture Gallery. Gal. no. 185.
Subject
Italian Renaissance; Venus; sensual; Greek myth; Roman myth.
Source
Jpeg file. Old Masters Picture Gallery. 10/22/2023.
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