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Venus Bathing
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Venus Bathing

James Johnson
undated
Public domainThis image is free to download, share and reuse. The license is recorded as "CC0" by Wikimedia Commons. See the evidence.

The story

Johnson's mezzotint copies a painting by François Lemoyne and was sold from Robert Sayer's shop on Fleet Street. Its verses warn the rash viewer to check his bold sight, because naked beauty comes armed with all the artillery of love.

Source, Yale Center for British Art

Object details

Title
Venus Bathing
Artist
James Johnson
Date
undated
Culture
Not recorded
Medium
Print
Object type
Prints
Collection
Yale Center for British Art
Credit line
Image source Wikimedia Commons. License CC0.
Object number
EFA.0442
Original image
1363 × 1920 px
Source record
View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence
See the license

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