Sleeping Venus
Giorgione · 16th century
The story
The Sleeping Venus, also known as the Dresden Venus, is a painting traditionally attributed to the Italian Renaissance painter Giorgione, although it has long been widely thought that Titian completed it after Giorgione's death in 1510. The landscape and sky are generally accepted to be mainly by Titian. In the 21st century, much scholarly opinion has shifted further, to see the nude figure of Venus as also painted by Titian, leaving Giorgione's contribution uncertain. It is in the Gemäldegalerie, Dresden. After World War II, the painting was briefly in possession of the Soviet Union.
- Artist
- Giorgione
- Date
- 16th century
- Collection
- Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany
- Movement
- Venetian school, High Renaissance
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 108.5 × 175 cm
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