Venus sleeps naked in open country, one arm behind her head, the line of her body echoing the hills behind. Traditionally given to Giorgione, it was finished after his death in 1510 by Titian, who painted the landscape and, many now think, the figure too. It is the first known reclining nude in Western painting, and led directly to Titian's Venus of Urbino.
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X-rays show a seated Cupid once sat at Venus's feet. It was painted over in the 19th century.
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