Venus and Cupid approached by a Satyr

Thomas Rowlandson after N. Poussin.

Venus and Cupid approached by a Satyr

London, ca. 1800

Etching with stipple.

180 x 265 mm

£125

Under a swathe of drapery tied to a tree, a nude woman lying sleeping on the ground, in the pose of the Borghese Hermaphrodite; at left a satyr kneels, his right hand on her hip and left hand to his chin; Cupid leaning on the woman’s waist, intervening; after Poussin.