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Sketches of seven sculptures: The Four Seasons, Venus and Adonis, a Beggar, and Salmacis
John Gibson, ca. 1850
- Artist
- John Gibson (British, Gwynedd, Wales 1790–1866 Rome)
- Date
- ca. 1850
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, graphite
- Size
- Sheet: 9 3/16 × 13 11/16 in. (23.4 × 34.7 cm) Sheet (left side with Seasons): 6 1/4 × 9 3/16 in. (15.9 × 23.3 cm) Sheet (right side): 7 3/8 × 9 1/4 in. (18.7 × 23.5 cm)
- Type
- Drawings
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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