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Cupid prevents a satyr from taking advantage of Venus as she sleeps. Etching by Bernard Picart after himself.
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Cupid prevents a satyr from taking advantage of Venus as she sleeps. Etching by Bernard Picart after himself.

1697

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: B. Picart fec. Inventé et gravé par Bernard Picart de Paris 1697.

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