Sleeping Venus
painting by Giorgione and Titian
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Summary
Sleeping Venus is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,746 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Giorgione[3], Titian[4]
- Owned by: Augustus II the Strong[5]
- Movement: High Renaissance[6], Venetian school[7]
- Genre: mythological painting[8], nude[9]
- Depicts: naked woman[10], lying[11], Venus[12], Aphrodite[13], sleeping[14], brown hair[15], drapery[16], bed sheet[17], hill[18], city[19], broad-leaved tree[20], sky[21], cloud[22], house[23]
- Made from material: oil paint[24], canvas[25]
- Collection: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden[26]
- Inventory number: Gal.-Nr. 185[27]
- Location: Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister[28]
- Commons category: Sleeping Venus by Giorgione[29]
- Catalog code: 36[30], 15[31], 21[32], 185[33]
- Inception: 1509[34]
- Main subject: Venus[35]
- Inspired by: Hypnerotomachia Poliphili[36]
- Depicts Iconclass notation: 92C451[37], 25H17[38], 12EE13(VENUS)2[39]
- Title: Schlummernde Venus[40], Sleeping Venus[41]
- Height: 108.5 cm[42]
- Width: 175 cm[43]
- Derivative work: Sleeping Venus[44], Venus[45]
- Copyright status: public domain[46]
Why It Matters
Sleeping Venus has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]