​Beyonce stuns in near-naked album cover ​

Beyoncé dropped the album cover for her seventh studio album, “Renaissance,” on Thursday.

The 40-year-old mother of three is pictured sitting on top of a celestial, holographic horse with strategically placed materials covering her private parts.

“act i RENAISSANCE 7.29,” she tweeted, to which fans went wild.

“Creating this album allowed me a place to dream and to find escape during a scary time for the world,” she captioned the stunning cover on Instagram.

“It allowed me to feel free and adventurous in a time when little else was moving. My intention was to create a safe place, a place without judgment. A place to be free of perfectionism and overthinking. A place to scream, release, feel freedom. It was a beautiful journey of exploration. I hope you find joy in this music. I hope it inspires you to release the wiggle. Ha! And to feel as unique, strong, and sexy as you are,” she concluded.

Beyoncé dropped the album cover for her seventh studio album, “Renaissance,” on Thursday.

The 40-year-old mother of three is pictured sitting on top of a celestial, holographic horse with strategically placed materials covering her private parts.

“act i RENAISSANCE 7.29,” she tweeted, to which fans went wild.

“Creating this album allowed me a place to dream and to find escape during a scary time for the world,” she captioned the stunning cover on Instagram.

“It allowed me to feel free and adventurous in a time when little else was moving. My intention was to create a safe place, a place without judgment. A place to be free of perfectionism and overthinking. A place to scream, release, feel freedom. It was a beautiful journey of exploration. I hope you find joy in this music. I hope it inspires you to release the wiggle. Ha! And to feel as unique, strong, and sexy as you are,” she concluded.

 

act i RENAISSANCE 7.29 https://t.co/6sfw3sBWnz pic.twitter.com/FPPhEW1OTK

— BEYONCÉ (@Beyonce) June 30, 2022

One eagle-eyed fan on Twitter quickly noted that the cover seems to be inspired by a painting of noblewoman Lady Godiva from the Renaissance era. Another compared the artwork to Bianca Jagger arriving at Studio 54 on a horse — no surprise, given the house music and disco pastiche on her latest song and Vogue photo shoot.
 

Beyoncé’s “RENAISSANCE” album cover pays homage to the historic Renaissance painting of noblewoman Lady Godiva.

It also pays homage to the iconic entrance by Bianca Jagger at Studio 54 where she arrived on a horse. pic.twitter.com/GGeIdQLVkc

— Pop Tingz (@ThePopTingz) June 30, 2022

Other Yoncé enthusiasts were stunned that she even tweeted the announcement, considering the icon hasn’t posted on the platform since 2020.

“BLUE IVY GAVE YOU THE PASSWORD,” one user joked about her Grammy-winning 10-year-old daughter.

Fans quickly sold out the songstress’ four collectable box sets — called “poses” — to go with the album last week. Each box included different variations of T-shirts, posters, collectable packaging and a CD.

Last Friday, the ‘Get Me Bodied’ singer released her first single off the new album, a dance song titled ‘Break My Soul’.

Renaissance drops July 29.

This article originally appeared on the New York Post and has been reproduced here with permission