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.

  • Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528.
Date:
[1497?]
Reference:
570763i
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Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Credit: 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. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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