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Drawing, Venus Trying to Rescue Aeneas from Diomedes

This is a Drawing. It was created by François Verdier. It is dated ca. 1675 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is black and white chalk on rough brown paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

19.6 × 12.4 cm (7 11/16 × 4 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Verso, written in ink: "MR."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Venus Trying to Rescue Aeneas from Diomedes; François Verdier (French, 1651 - 1730); France; black and white chalk on rough brown paper; 19.6 × 12.4 cm (7 11/16 × 4 7/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-127

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