Birth of Venus
c. 1710
Artist, British, 1675 - 1734
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink with gray wash on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 16 x 20.1 cm (6 5/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
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Accession
1984.3.64
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Julius S. Held
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1966
17th & 18th Century European Drawings, (American Federation of the Arts) National Gallery of Art, Washington and tour, 1966-1967, no. 24.
1970
Selections from the Drawing Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Held, University Art Gallery, Binghamton; traveling exhibition, 1970, no. 13.
1979
Master Drawings from the Collection of Ingrid and Julius S. Held, The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown; traveling exhibition, 1979, no. 23, as Allegorical Sea Triumph.
1987
English Drawings and Watercolors, 1630-1850, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1987-1988, no cat.
Bibliography
1966
AFA 1966, 24.
Watermarks
C (or G?)...AW
Wikidata ID
Q64631938