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Drawing, Design for a fan: Worship of Venus by Art

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1750–70 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pencil, pen and ink, brown wash. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 30.5 x 54.8 cm (12 x 21 9/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a fan: Worship of Venus by Art; ITALY & FRANCE; pencil, pen and ink, brown wash; Sheet: 30.5 x 54.8 cm (12 x 21 9/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-6648

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