Cleveland Museum of Art
Venus Wounded by a Rose's Thorn
Marco Dente (Italian, c. 1486–1527) · c. 1516
The story featured here has been used to explain why some roses are red: they were stained with the blood of Venus after she pricked herself while walking in the forest.
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