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Venus (Design for a Wall Painting)
Walter Shirlaw1875–80
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
A circular medallion. Venus is shown in profile seated upon clouds and holding a bowl on the rim of which a dove sits. Another dove flies beside the head of the goddess.
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Details
- Title: Venus (Design for a Wall Painting)
- Creator: Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909
- Date Created: 1875–80
- Location Created: USA
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Charcoal and oil paint, surrounded by gold on grey paper
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