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Drawing, Psyche Asks Proserpine to Put a Little of her Beauty in an Urn for Venus

This is a Drawing. It was created by Johann August Nahl The Younger and after Giulio Romano. It is dated ca. 1781. Its medium is lead pencil, pen and dark ink, brush and black and gray watercolors on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by George A. Hearn.

Its dimensions are

26.9 × 41.5 cm (10 9/16 × 16 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: C X I HONIG

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Drawing, Psyche Asks Proserpine to Put a Little of her Beauty in an Urn for Venus; Johann August Nahl The Younger (German, 1752 - 1825); After Giulio Romano (Italian, 1499–1546); Germany; lead pencil, pen and dark ink, brush and black and gray watercolors on paper; 26.9 × 41.5 cm (10 9/16 × 16 5/16 in.); 1897-9-15

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