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Sketch of a statue: Venus Entering the Bath
John Gibson, ca. 1850
- Artist
- John Gibson (British, Gwynedd, Wales 1790–1866 Rome)
- Date
- ca. 1850
- Medium
- Graphite, with inscriptions in pen and brown ink
- Size
- sheet: 7 7/16 x 3 7/16 in. (18.9 x 8.7 cm)
- Type
- Drawings
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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