Vénus endormie surprise par des satyres

c. 1625

Nicolas Poussin1594 Les Andelys – 1665 Rom
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Poetic-erotic satyr subject. Quickly and confidently painted Titianesque picture from Poussin's early years in Rome, with which several drawings are connected. A somewhat later version of the Zurich painting is in the National Gallery in London; old copies are also known. A reference to the thematically related painting 'Sleeping Venus with Cupid' in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden should not be missing here.
Also known as
Schlafende Venus von Satyren überrascht Sleeping Venus Surprised by Satyrs
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 77 x 100 cm
Inventory number
2480
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, 1939