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The Toilet of Venus

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Toilet of Venus
  • Artist: Anonymous, French, School of Fontainebleau, 16th century
  • Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and brown and blue wash, heightened with white, framing lines in pen and brown ink
  • Dimensions: 6-1/16 x 8-5/16 in. (40.8 x 21.1 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Guy Wildenstein Gift, 2000
  • Object Number: 2000.240
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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