Sleeping Venus

Giorgione

c. 1510 · Oil on canvas · Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden

Size3:2 ratio

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About this work

Artist: Giorgione (1478–1510)
Year: c. 1510
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 108.5 × 175 cm
Collection: Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
Movement: Renaissance

Venus lies asleep on a red cushion and a white sheet spread over the grass, one arm behind her head, her body echoing the gentle curves of the hills beyond, where farm buildings stand under a cloudy afternoon sky. It is the earliest known reclining nude in Western painting and set a pattern for the Venetian reclining nude, followed by Titian's Venus of Urbino. In 1525 Marcantonio Michiel saw it in the house of Girolamo Marcello in Venice and described it as by Giorgione, with the landscape and a Cupid finished by Titian; Marcello's marriage in 1507 may have been its occasion. The Cupid at her feet was painted over in the nineteenth century. Titian's hand in the landscape is widely accepted, and much recent scholarship sees him in the figure too, leaving Giorgione's share uncertain. Bought for Augustus the Strong of Saxony in 1695 as a Giorgione, it was later catalogued as a Titian, and Giovanni Morelli restored the attribution in the nineteenth century. It hangs in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

A sleeping Venus on white and red drapery in a soft green and gold landscape under a cloudy sky, long and calm, for a bedroom above the bed at 36×24 in black. A warm white, sage or deep red wall; it pairs with The Nude Maja (La maja desnuda).

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Renaissance painting
Era: 16th century (c. 1510)
Orientation: Landscape
Mood: intimate
Rooms: bedroom, living room, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 36×24. Prints at 18×12, 24×16, 36×24 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard; 36×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.

Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; natural wood lightens it.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 18×12, 24×16, 36×24 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is Sleeping Venus in the public domain?

Yes. Giorgione (1478–1510) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 18×12, 24×16 and 36×24 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Sleeping Venus painted, and in what medium?

Sleeping Venus dates from c. 1510 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 108.5 × 175 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 36×24 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 24×16 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For Sleeping Venus we'd choose 36×24. It is a landscape print, wider than it is tall, at the painting's own proportions.

About this design

Sleeping Venus (Giorgione) — Sleeping Venus · Giorgione · c. 1510. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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