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Annibale Carracci (Bologna 1560-Rome 1609)

Reclining Venus in a landscape

RCIN 902311

Reclining Venus in a landscape

Annibale Carracci (Bologna 1560-Rome 1609)

Reclining Venus in a landscape

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Description

A drawing of Venus reclining on her side with her raised head supported by her right hand; with shielding drapery stretched between trees behind her.
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Search the collection Annibale Carracci (Bologna 1560-Rome 1609)
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Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
Subject(s)
Religion & Theology
Religions and faiths
Religions of antiquity
Classical mythology
Venus (mythology)
References

Other number(s)

RL 02311

W(C) : Wittkower, R., 1952. The Drawings of the Carracci in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen at Windsor Castle, London – W(C) 394

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