Venus op een wolk 1755

"Venus op een wolk" (Venus on a cloud) is an etching by Simon Fokke, created in 1755. The print depicts Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty, seated on a cloud. A putto, or winged cherub, flies behind her, holding a torch. The scene is set in a landscape, with a distant building visible in the background. The etching is an illustration for the book "Tuingedachten" (Garden Thoughts) by the Dutch poet Tielman van Brachts. The artwork is currently in the Rijksmuseum.