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Naked Venus, Roman goddess of love, beauty, desire and sex, lying on a sheet with a dog. Engraved on carnelian and dactylotheca from the collection of art dealer Thomas Moore Slade. Mezzotint copperplate engraving by John Spilsbury from his Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems, John Boydell, London, 1785.

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Naked Venus, Roman goddess of love, beauty, desire and sex, lying on a sheet with a dog. Engraved on carnelian and dactylotheca from the collection of art dealer Thomas Moore Slade. Mezzotint copperplate engraving by John Spilsbury from his Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems, John Boydell, London, 1785.

Personalities:

JOHN SPILSBURY

Credit:

Album / Florilegius

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Image size:

5673 x 5013 px | 81.4 MB

Print size:

48.0 x 42.4 cm | 18.9 x 16.7 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

ALLEGORY: DESIRE • ANCIENT HISTORY • APHRODITE • ART DEALER • BEAUTY • CARNELIAN • CITY OF LONDON • CLASSICAL HISTORY • COLLECTION OF FIFTY PRINTS FROM ANTIQUE GEMS • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • CULT • DACTYLOTHECA • DESIRE • DESIRE, ALLEGORY • DOG • GEORGIAN • GREEK MYTH • JOHN BOYDELL • JOHN SPILSBURY • LONDON • LONGING • LOVE • MYTH: ROMAN • MYTHOLOGY • NAKED • NUDE • REGENCY • RITE • RITUAL • ROMAN GODDESS • ROMAN MYTH • SEX • SHEET • THOMAS MOORE SLADE • VENUS • VENUS; • WATER • WISH • MEZZOTINT