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Venus Reclining on a Dolphin

François Boucherc. 1745

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States

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Title: Venus Reclining on a Dolphin
Creator: François Boucher
Date Created: c. 1745
Physical Dimensions: overall: 22 x 33.7 cm (8 11/16 x 13 1/4 in.)
Provenance: Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, Inc., New York; Norton Simon, Los Angeles, CA (sold New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., May 7, 1971, no. 206); sold to Armand Hammer Collection, Los Angeles, CA; gift to NGA, 1991.
Rights: CC0
Medium: black chalk heightened with white on brown laid paper

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

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