Drawings

Venus

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1866
Accession number: 2000.5.1550.38
Makers: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (13.7 x 8.6 cm.) book: 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (23.5 x 19.1 cm.)
Medium: ink and graphite on paper
Description: Design for book illustration. Venus standing at center, long hair draped about her, doves on the ground around her feet - temple at right.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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