DrawingsItalian17th-18th century

Venus and Adonis

17th-18th century

Artists

Donato CretiArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

17th-18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

14.3 x 18.7 cm (5 5/8 x 7 3/8 in.)

Provenance

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

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