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The Birth of Venus
Gaetano Gandolfilate 1770s
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: The Birth of Venus
- Creator: Gaetano Gandolfi
- Date Created: late 1770s
- Physical Dimensions: sheet: 32.6 × 38.2 cm (12 13/16 × 15 1/16 in.) mount: 40.8 × 47.6 cm (16 1/16 × 18 3/4 in.)
- Provenance: French private collection [by 1993]; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 July 2006, no. 72);(sale, Sotheby's London, 8 July 2015, no. 110); David H. McDonnell, Arlington, VA; gift to NGA, 2016.
- Rights: CC0
- Medium: red chalk heightened with white on laid paper
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