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Venus Cythereia
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Venus Cythereia

Jan Massys
1561
Public domainThis image is free to download, share and reuse. The license is recorded as "Public domain" by Wikimedia Commons. See the evidence.

The story

This nude once belonged to Emperor Rudolf II, whose inventories called her Flora, and it came to Sweden with the plunder of Prague in 1648. Because of that old title, several art historians doubt she is Venus at all.

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Object details

Title
Venus Cythereia
Artist
Jan Massys
Date
1561
Culture
Not recorded
Medium
Painting
Object type
Paintings
Collection
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Credit line
Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number
EFA.0433
Original image
3000 × 2538 px
Source record
View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence
See the license

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