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Title:
Study for a Composition showing Venus and a Cupid
Date:
c.1849
Media:
Pencil on paper
Location:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Picture credit:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Fletcher Fund, 1942
Reference number:
42.21.10
Page from a sketchbook. Study for a composition showing a nude, standing female figure facing the viewer with head turned to the left. The hands rest on the shoulders. Drapery falls from the right shoulder and a length of drapery swirls around the hips. Behind her is a standing cherub, facing the viewer with the head and right arm resting on the left shoulder of the female figure.
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