The Birth of Venus
James Barry Irish
Not on view
Venus sits on an open shell held by Neptune lifting her hair from her face with one hand, as a pair of doves flutter near her head and three tritons in the water at right either bow or raise their arms in delight. In the foreground, two large fish writhe in the water. Etched lines in this late state issued ca.1791 replace the aquatint used to create light and shade when Barry issued the print in 1776.
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