# Sleeping Venus

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VALCKERT, Werner Jacobsz. van den](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/valckert-werner-jacobsz-van-den-rdec58e92269a06>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Etching

## Commentary

VALCKERT, Werner Jacobsz. van den \(b. ca. 1580, Den Haag, d. ca. 1627, Amsterdam\) Sleeping Venus 1612 Etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam There are a number of artworks in 17th-century Dutch art depicting figures putting their index fingers to their lips. In this print a satyr makes the gesture as he espies a sleeping nude.

## Related artworks

- [A Man Cutting Tobacco](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/valckert-werner-jacobsz-van-den-rdec58e92269a06/a-man-cutting-tobacco-r5e2518a22d2f50>)
- [Five Regents of the Groot-Kramergild](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/valckert-werner-jacobsz-van-den-rdec58e92269a06/five-regents-of-the-groot-kramergild-r94ce9e6492f445>)
- [Portrait of a Man with Ring and Touchstone](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/valckert-werner-jacobsz-van-den-rdec58e92269a06/portrait-of-a-man-with-ring-and-touchstone-rb09457f859a3f0>)

## Attribution

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