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Venus and a maid teaching Cupids to swim. Engraving by A. Campanella after A. R. Mengs, 1778.

Hygiene in the British army in Italy: a soldier interprets a statue of Venus lacking the head and an arm as the consequences of venereal disease. Drawing by Stacey Hopper, ca. 1944.

Venus [Aphrodite]. Etching by F. Perrier.

The surgeon cannot extract an arrow from the thigh of Aeneas; Venus brings a medicinal herb to accomplish what the surgeon cannot. Oil painting after Virgil.

The god Mercury, with Venus in the background, tries to teach Cupid to read. Engraving by R. Gaillard, 1744, after Van-Loo le pere.

Three women praying to Venus (Aphrodite). Engraving by J.D. Dugourc, 1772, after C. Netscher.

Bacchus with attendant satyrs sits drinking by a cave as Venus appears to him and offers him a cup of love. Engraving by J. Audran after A. Coypel, 1704.

Vulcan in his forge with Jupiter throwing bolts of lightning, Venus in the sky above, symbolising the element fire. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.

Venus and Cupid descend from the clouds towards a widow of Ephesus and a soldier who is in love with her. Etching by W. Hollar.

Adonis dying in the lap of Venus. Engraving by A. Campanella after A. R. Mengs, 1778.

Venus and Adonis. Engraving by P.M. Vitali after A. von Maron, 1783.

The story of Cupid and Psyche: Venus, borne by dolphins and accompanied by tritons and nereids, is told by a seagull that her son Cupid is ill. Engraving by the Master of the Die, 15--, after M. Coxie, 153-.

Venus and Adonis. Mezzotint after B. West, 1767.

Venus [Aphrodite]. Etching by L.M.Y. Quéverdo and J. Pillement and engraving by C. Niquet the elder after Bourdon.

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Venus and Adonis. Engraving by P.M. Vitali after A. von Maron, 1783.

The story of Cupid and Psyche: Venus, borne by dolphins and accompanied by tritons and nereids, is told by a seagull that her son Cupid is ill. Engraving by the Master of the Die, 15--, after M. Coxie, 153-.

Venus [Aphrodite]. Etching by F. Perrier.

Venus and Adonis. Mezzotint after B. West, 1767.

Venus [Aphrodite]. Etching by L.M.Y. Quéverdo and J. Pillement and engraving by C. Niquet the elder after Bourdon.