DrawingsItalian17th century

Venus with Amorini

17th century

Artists

Luca GiordanoArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

32.7 x 32.8 cm (12 7/8 x 12 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Paul J. Haldeman (deceased 2002), Brookline, MA and Jackson, MS, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, HUAM, 2002.

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