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The Rokeby Venus is a painting by Diego Velázquez which was completed between 1647 and 1651. It depicts the Roman goddess Venus in a sensual pose, lying on a bed and looking into a mirror held by her son Cupid. The painting is the only surviving female nude by Velázquez. Since 1906 it has been in the National Gallery in London.Painting: Diego Velázquez
The Palácio Rio Negro is a palace in Petrópolis in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. One of the official residences of the president of Brazil, it is used mainly as a country retreat. The palace was designed by the Italian architect Antonio Jannuzzi in 1889 and built in the same year as a summer residence for Manuel Gomes de Carvalho, Baron of Rio Negro. He moved to Paris in 1894, leaving the building empty, and in February 1896 the palace and adjacent buildings were sold to the state of Rio de Janeiro to serve as the official residence of the state governor. It was then acquired by the federal government of Brazil in 1903, becoming the official presidential summer residence. This photograph depicts the façade of the Palácio Rio Negro in 2015.Photograph credit: Wilfredor