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Sleeping Venus
Giorgione1508 - 1510
Old Masters Picture Gallery, Dresden State Art Museums
Dresden, Germany
This painting is one of the most famous works in the collection. A masterly harmony lies over the sleeping figure and the wide landscape. It is the first large-scale representation of a female nude painted in Venice. Before this, the motif had only been used for small-scale panels for wedding chests. Moreover, for the first time a figure has been convincingly situated in the depth of space. Not only Palma il Vecchio, but generations of artists have been inspired by this painting.
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Details
- Title: Sleeping Venus
- Creator Lifespan: 1477/78 - 1510
- Creator Nationality: Italy
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Venice
- Creator Birth Place: Castelfranco Veneto
- Date Created: 1508 - 1510
- Physical Dimensions: w1750 x h1085 mm
- Painter: Giorgione
- Collection: Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Picture Gallery)
- Additional Artist: Tiziano Vecellio (1488/90-1576)
- Type: Painting
- Rights: Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Photograph: Hans Peter Klut/Elke Estel
- External Link: http://skd-online-collection.skd.museum/de/contents/show?id=294844
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