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Venus comforts a wincing Cupid while cherubs hold roses in a landscape with a sunset sky and birds.

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Venus sits beside a winged Cupid who grimaces and clutches his arm, while small cherubs in the foreground hold roses. A dark tree frames the scene above a pastoral landscape with distant mountains and a sunset sky. This is Benjamin West's painting from 1813, titled Venus Comforting Cupid Stung by a Bee.

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1813

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Wikimedia Commons

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Public domain

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