Sleeping Venus (also known as Sleeping Venus with Putti)[1] is a c. 1603 painting by Annibale Carracci held by the Musée Condé in Chantilly, Oise, France.[2] This oil painting measures 190x328cm.[3] It depicts Venus sleeping with her arm above her head as putti frolic around her.[4] Carracci painted Sleeping Venus for Odoardo Farnese.[5] Giovanni Battista Agucchi wrote an ekphrasis of this painting that Carlo Cesare Malvasia included in his book Life of the Carracci.[6] In The Lives of the Modern Painters, Sculptors and Architects, Giovanni Pietro Bellori wrote a description of the painting that paraphrases Agucchi's ekphrasis without citation.[7]
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| Artist | Annibale Carracci |
| Year | c. 1603 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Subject | Venus and putti |
| Dimensions | 190 cm × 328 cm (75 in × 129 in) |
| Location | Musée Condé, Chantilly, Oise, France |
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