Time (Chronos) Entrusting Cupid to Venus, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, white gouache, over black chalk on brown laid paper, Horizontal rectangle. The male figure of Chronos, Time, shown in profile with wings and a long beard at left, lowers the baby Cupid onto a rock. The goddess Venus sits at the rock's summit, facing forward, sandals on her feet and jewelry at her neck, her face turned towards Chronos and the baby. She sits upon a pile of drapery. Behind her, another nude female figure kneels. Behind the two women are two cupids at left, one carrying a horn, and a soldier with decorated shield at right. In the foreground, at right, a snake curls around the edge of a broken wagon axel, a white bird prepares to alight on the ground below the snake. In the background at right, a rocky landscape with architectural ruins. The figure of a vulture on a pedestal at right, caryatid figure at right edge., Venice, Italy, ca. 1757, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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Time, Chronos, Entrusting Cupid, Venus, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown wash, white gouache, black chalk, brown laid paper, Horizontal rectangle, male figure, Chronos, Time, shown, profile, wings, long beard, left, lowers, baby Cupid, rock, goddess Venus sits, rock's summit, facing forward, sandals, feet, jewelry, neck, face turned towards Chronos, baby, sits upon, pile, drapery, another nude female figure kneels, two women, two cupids, left, carrying, horn, soldier, decorated shield, right, foreground, right, snake curls, edge, broken wagon axel, white bird prepares, alight, ground, snake, background, right, rocky landscape, architectural ruins, figure, vulture, pedestal, right, caryatid figure, right edge, Venice, Italy, ca, 1757, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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