Venus and Mars by Sandro Botticelli, 1485
The long, low shape is the giveaway, apparently: pictures built this wide were often part of the furniture — a bench back, or the panel set above a bed — rather than something hung by itself. There are wasps up in one corner that some people read as a pun on a family's name.
Erisava: Not one hair is out of place here, including on the one who's asleep. What's your take?
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