Venus and Cupid; verso: calligraphic strokes
DrawingsDutch17th century

Venus and Cupid; verso: calligraphic strokes

17th century

Artists

Hendrick GoltziusArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Brown ink and red wash, over traces of black chalk, partially incised, on cream antique laid paper; traces of later restoration in white opaque watercolor; verso: black chalk and graphite
Culture
Dutch
Century
17th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

20.3 × 17.7 cm (8 × 6 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Jon Nicholas Streep, New York, sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1964 (without their mark, L. 3306); Gift of Maida and George S. Abrams, 1986.637

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