This painting depicts Aphrodite offering a nest of cupids to a young hunter, perhaps Adonis. This theme is painted in the same manner in the House of the Tragic Poet: clearly the same pictor imaginarius worked in both houses.
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Title: Aphrodite offering a nest of cupids
Date Created: 45-79 d.C.
Physical Dimensions: 107x91 cm
Photo Credits: Luigi Spina
Origin: Pompeii
Museum Location: room LXVI
Inv.: Inv. 111437
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