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Drawing, Venus and Cupid, Study after Annibale Carracci

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Felice Giani. It is dated 1821–22 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on heavy white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

30.6 x 22.6 cm (12 1/16 x 8 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

in pen and brown ink at center left: Anibale Carraci Bologna; at lower left: 11 Gulielmo della Porta Roma

Cite this object as

Drawing, Venus and Cupid, Study after Annibale Carracci; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758–1823); Italy; pen and ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on heavy white paper; 30.6 x 22.6 cm (12 1/16 x 8 7/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-3558-a,b

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