Venus Trying to Retain Adonis

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jacob de Wit

Title

Venus Trying to Retain Adonis

Place

Flanders (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1600–1799

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (discolored), over red chalk, on buff laid paper, pieced

Dimensions

10.2 × 8.2 cm (4 1/16 × 3 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.3644

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