Venus and the Sleeping Cupid Agostino Melissi

Artist	Agostino Melissi Florence, 1616 – Florence, 1683
Culture	Italian
Date	1641
Object type	painting
Medium, technique	oil on canvas
Dimensions	56.5 × 45.5 cm
Inventory number	474
Collection	Old Master Paintings
On view	This artwork is not on display

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Pigler, Andor, Katalog der Galerie Alter Meister, 1-2. Museum der Bildenden Künste, Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest. 2, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1967, p. 65.

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References

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