Design for a Ceiling Painting, Venus, Cupid, and Putti, Marc Antonio Franceschini, Italian, 1648 – 1729, Pen and ink, brush and black wash, charcoal on paper, Pairs of figures seated upon clouds. Above, Venus raises an orb and embraces Cupid. Below, a pair of putti--one putto holds a bird, another raises a torch. The background is outlined as a double cross., Bologna, Italy, 1700–29, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Ceiling Painting, Venus, Cupid, Putti, Marc Antonio Franceschini, Italian, 1648 – 1729, Pen, ink, brush, black wash, charcoal, paper, Pairs, figures seated upon clouds, Venus raises, orb, embraces Cupid, pair, putti, putto holds, bird, another raises, torch, background, outlined, double cross, Bologna, Italy, 1700–29, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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