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Venus crouching by a plinth on top of which stands Cupid
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Venus crouching by a plinth on top of which stands Cupid

Medium

Engraving, areas of print made up

Dimensions

8 9/16 x 5 9/16 in. (21.7 x 14.2 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Francesco Francia

1440–1517Papal StatesLordship of Bologna

Influential Bolognese painter of his period, noted for sweet, softly rounded Madonnas and portraits. Influenced by Costa, his partner, and by Perugino. Comment on works: Religious