PrintsBritish18th-19th century

Venus and Adonis

18th-19th century

Artists

Richard EarlomArtist

Nicolas PoussinArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Culture

British

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Provenance

John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister. Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

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