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Painting of nude Venus on a cloud with winged Cupid and dove beneath a rainbow in a blue sky.

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A nude female figure in a red drape sits on a cloud, while a winged Cupid with a laurel wreath and a white dove sits beside her against a blue sky and rainbow. A distant city and dark hills appear at the bottom edge.

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