Study for an Overdoor Painting, Cupid Removes a Thorn from the Foot of Venus, Marc Antonio Franceschini, Italian, 1648 – 1729, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on paper, lined, Figure of a woman (Venus), shown in profile, sits on the ground, turned toward left and leaning with her back against an elevation of rock. Her expression is full of pain--she gestures with her right hand to express further suffering. Her left arm holds her left leg, and Cupid tries to remove a thorn from the sole of her foot. Framing line in pen and brown ink. Squared in graphite., Bologna, Italy, 1707, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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Study, Overdoor Painting, Cupid Removes, Thorn, Foot, Venus, Marc Antonio Franceschini, Italian, 1648 – 1729, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown wash, graphite, paper, lined, Figure, woman, Venus, shown, profile, sits, ground, turned, left, leaning, back, elevation, rock, expression, full, pain, gestures, right hand, express further suffering, left arm holds, left leg, Cupid tries, remove, thorn, sole, foot, Framing line, pen, brown ink, Squared, graphite, Bologna, Italy, 1707, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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