The Birth of Venus, with Neptune, Cybele and the Chariot of the Sun (Homage to Venus), ca. 1670–80, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk, highlighted with white on beige paper, 9 5/8 x 16 1/8in. (24.4 x 41cm), Drawings, Niccolò Berrettoni (Italian, Macerata Feltrina near Perugia 1637–1682 Rome), Born in the Marche and trained under the guidance of the local master Simone Cantarini (1612-1648), Niccolò Berrettoni moved to Rome in 1650 and, still under aged, soon joined the workshop of Carlo Maratti (1625-1713), at the time the most renowned painter of the city
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Birth, Venus, Neptune, Cybele, Chariot, Sun, Homage, ca, 1670–80, Pen, brown ink, brush, wash, black chalk, highlighted, white, beige paper, 9 5/8 x 16 1/8in, 24.4 41cm, Drawings, Niccolò Berrettoni, Italian, Macerata Feltrina near Perugia, 1637–1682, Rome, Born, Marche, trained under, guidance, local master Simone, Cantarini, 1612-1648, moved, 1650, under aged, soon joined, workshop, Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713, time, renowned painter, city
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