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# Drive out Cupid's lust with all your might, or Venus will seize your blinded soul
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/vsemi-silami-goni-kupidonovo-sladostrastie-inache-tvoei-osleplionnoi-dushoi-ovladeet-venera-2/
- Published: 2025-03-31T15:22:37.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:30:40.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Art, Museums, Saint Petersburg

The inscription on Lucas Cranach the Elder's "Venus and Cupid" in the Hermitage collection.

Cranach's Venus, painted in 1509, is the first female nude in the history of German painting, Eve excepted.

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_15863@31-03-2025_18-22-37.jpg)