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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Venus Rising From The Sea
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Venus Rising From The Sea

Artist Unknown
CultureItalian
Date18th century
MediumCrayon, sanguine, paper
DimensionsOverall: 9 5/16 x 14 7/16 in. (23.7 x 36.7 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 x 22 in. (40.6 x 55.9 cm)
InscribedLaid paper with indistinguishable watermark.
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number50.49.36
Not on view
DescriptionRed crayon (sanguine) drawing. Venus rising the sea, surrounded by two cherubs and a large fish with a human face.

Published ReferencesOLD MASTER DRAWINGS CATALOGUE, Nov. 1950, #1.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
After Anthony van Dyck
1599-1641
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Lodovico Carracci
No Date
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018.
Margaret Burroughs
1957
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Antonio Allegri Da Correggio
1494-1534
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Charles James
1965
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
J.G. Bruff
ca. 1848
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
early 18th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
No Date