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Venus in Vulcan's Forge (recto); Geometry (verso) by Hermann Weyer — VisualArtsDB

Venus in Vulcan's Forge (recto); Geometry (verso)

Venus in Vulcan's Forge (recto); Geometry (verso)

1500–1599

Medium: Pen and black ink, with brush and gray wash (recto), and pen and gray ink with brush and gray wash heightened with lead white (verso), on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 18.6 × 15.7 cm (7 3/8 × 6 3/16 in.)
Genre: pen and ink drawings
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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