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Venus pricked by the thorns on a rose bush, in the background Mars chasing Adonis, in the foreground winged cupid resting

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Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection The Elisha Whittelsey Fund 1983
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Title: Venus pricked by the thorns on a rose bush, in the background Mars chasing Adonis, in the foreground winged cupid resting
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