Venus at the Forge of Vulcan (recto); Sketches with Two Putti (verso)

Sebastiano Conca

ca. 1716–18

Venus at the Forge of Vulcan (recto); Sketches with Two Putti (verso) by Sebastiano Conca

Medium

Pen with black-brown and lighter brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over black chalk, on paper washed light brown (recto); pen and medium-brown ink, on unprepared buff paper (verso)

Dimensions

Diameter: 17 1/4 in. (43.8 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Rogers and Harry G. Sperling Funds, several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts and Mrs. Howard J. Barnet Gift, 2013

Accession Number

2013.116

Tags

BirdsPuttiVenusVulcan

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