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  • A festival in celebration of Venus, the goddess of love. Process print.
  • A festival in celebration of Venus, the goddess of love. Process print.
  • Venus [Aphrodite]. Etching by F. Perrier.
  • Three women praying to Venus (Aphrodite). Engraving by J.D. Dugourc, 1772, after C. Netscher.
  • Venus [Aphrodite]. Etching by L.M.Y. Quéverdo and J. Pillement and engraving by C. Niquet the elder after Bourdon.
  • Venus [Aphrodite]: the "Venus of Urbino". Engraving by R. Strange, 1768, after R. Strange, 1761, after Titian.
  • Venus [Aphrodite]. Engraving by G.H. Frezza, 1704, after P. de Petris after F. Albani.
  • Venus [Aphrodite]: cupids dragging before her the boar which killed Adonis. Stipple engraving by W. Holl after R. Westall.
  • Venus [Aphrodite] and Cupid. Colour crayon manner print by F. Bartolozzi after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • Venus [Aphrodite], or the Farnese Flora. Engraving by F. Piranesi, 1782, after T. Piroli.
  • Venus visits Aesculapius to ask him to remove a thorn from her foot. Colour process print after Sir E.J. Poynter.
  • The garden of Venus: Venus surrounded by many cupids who climb trees and a herm. Etching by P. Testa.
  • Venus [Aphrodite]: the Medici Venus. Engraving by F. Piranesi, 1781, after T. Piroli.
  • The god Mercury, with Venus in the background, tries to teach Cupid to read. Engraving by R. Gaillard, 1744, after Van-Loo le pere.
  • The god Mercury, with Venus in the background, tries to teach Cupid to read. Engraving by R. Gaillard, 1744, after Van-Loo le pere.
  • Venus [Aphrodite]: the Callipygian Venus. Engraving by F. Piranesi, 1783, after T. Piroli.
  • Astronomy: Venus in her chariot, drawn by doves. Engraving by C. Lasinio after Raphael, 1516.
  • Venus standing on a heart, holding a sword that passes through another heart; a suppliant kneels before her; around them are various hearts, pierced with an arrow, aflame, sawn, stabbed, broken, in a vice, etc. Coloured photograph by E. Charles, 1967, after Meister Casper, ca. 1470.
  • Venus standing on a heart, holding a sword that passes through another heart; a suppliant kneels before her; around them are various hearts, pierced with an arrow, aflame, sawn, stabbed, broken, in a vice, etc. Coloured photograph by E. Charles, 1967, after Meister Casper, ca. 1470.
  • A gentleman playing the role of a shepherd smitten with love; women as goddesses Venus, Minerva and Juno. Gouache design for a fan.
  • A skeleton in the pose of the Venus de' Medici. Pen and ink drawing.
  • A man sleeps by a hot stove; a devil blows evil thoughts into his ear; Venus gestures towards the stove, and Cupid learns to walk on stilts in the foreground. Engraving by A. Dürer, ca. 1497-1498.
  • Venus visits Aesculapius to ask him to remove a thorn from her foot. Collotype after Sir E.J. Poynter, ca. 1880.
  • Cupid prevents a satyr from taking advantage of Venus as she sleeps. Etching by Bernard Picart after himself.
  • A man sleeps by a hot stove; a devil blows evil thoughts into his ear; Venus gestures towards the stove, and Cupid learns to walk on stilts in the foreground. Engraving by A. Dürer, ca. 1497-1498.
  • A man sleeps by a hot stove; a devil blows evil thoughts into his ear; Venus gestures towards the stove, and Cupid learns to walk on stilts in the foreground. Engraving by A. Dürer, ca. 1497-1498.
  • The toilet of Psyche or Venus. Colour stipple engraving by W.W. Ryland, 1767, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • 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.
  • Astronomy: Venus with Cupid, and an angel above looking downward. Engraving by N. Dorigny, 1695, after Raphael, 1516.
  • Pygmalion with his statue of a woman that comes to life. Engraving by J.N. Laugier, 1824, after A.L. Girodet-Trioson, 1819.