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Engraved print of a sleeping nude woman with one arm above her head beneath a tree, with a winged child asleep at her feet and a landscape behind.

Sleeping Venus and Cupid

An engraving shows a reclining nude woman asleep beneath a large tree, one arm raised above her head, draped in cloth over a rocky ground. A small winged Cupid lies against her legs at lower left, while a hazy landscape with hills opens to the left. Latin verses and a printed inscription run along the bottom margin.

Artist
Theodor Galle
Date
ca. 1600-1610
Medium
Engraving on paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
2530 × 3181 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1615).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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