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The foot at the lower left corner is the source of the emblematic Monty Python Foot.
The painting is discussed in Iris Murdoch's novel The Nice and the Good.
The painting is discussed in Nell Irvin Painter's memoir Old in Art School.
The painting is discussed in Robertson Davies' novel What's Bred in the Bone.
The painting is mentioned in David Mitchell's The Bone Clocks.
The painting is used in Simon Raven's The Survivors as a representation and incitement of the breakdown of Patricia Llewellyn.
The painting is the title of Episode 22 of Switched at Birth.
The name of the painting is also the name of a box set by the pop band The Divine Comedy
"Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time" is the title of a short story by the American writer Peter Taylor.
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