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# Drive away with all your might the lust of Cupid, or else Venus will possess your blinded soul
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/vsemi-silami-goni-kupidonovo-sladostrastie-inache-tvoei-osleplionnoi-dushoi-ovladeet-venera/
- Published: 2024-07-01T19:13:48.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:33:21.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Art, Museums, Heritage, Saint Petersburg

The inscription on Lucas Cranach the Elder's "Venus and Cupid" from the Hermitage collection. The painting returned to the permanent display today after restoration.

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

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_12668@01-07-2024_22-13-48.jpg)

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_12669@01-07-2024_22-13-48.jpg)