Celestial Venus (recto); Main Hall, Baths of Diocletian (verso)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Circle of Marten van Heemskerck

Title

Celestial Venus (recto); Main Hall, Baths of Diocletian (verso)

Place

Netherlands (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1530–1540

Medium

Pen and brown ink (recto), and pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash and black chalk (verso), on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, lower left and right, in pen and brown ink: “Francis Veruzio”; verso, lower left, in pen and black ink: “FRANCESCO VERLA/ lived early 16. cent."; lower right, in graphite: “Verla, Francesco/ 9 x 4”

Dimensions

23 × 10.2 cm (9 1/16 × 4 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.1034

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