DrawingsFrench16th-17th century

Toilet of Venus

16th-17th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on light tan antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper

Culture

French

Century

16th-17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

21.59 x 18.1 cm (8 1/2 x 7 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Robert Gilmor, Jr., Baltimore, MD; to his estate, 1848; to probably Gardner L. Chandler, Salem, MA; to John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892

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