A man seated before a stove, sleeping, his head resting against cushions. He faces left, his head shown almost in profile. In the foreground, right, stands a nude woman (venus), her figure turned slightly to the left, her head in the direction of the dreamer, her right arm extended toward him. A demon appears behind the sleeping man, about to blow a bellows in his ear. A winged amor, lower left, attempts to mount stilts. Object Type: copper engraving print, print. Genre: allegory. Date: circa 1497. Place of creation: Nuremberg. Dimensions: Sheet: 19.3 × 12.4 cm (7.5 × 4.8 in)Platemark: 18.9 × 12 cm (7.4 × 4.7 in). Medium: engraving on laid paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Print, The Dream, ca. 1497 (CH 18389441)
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