Sebastiano Conca

Venus at the Forge of Vulcan (recto); Sketches with Two Putti (verso)

ca. 1716–18
Pen with black-brown and lighter brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over black chalk, on paper washed light brown (recto); pen and medium-brown ink, on unprepared buff paper (verso)

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