Sketch of Statue: Venus Entering the Bath — John Gibson | DiscoverArt

Sketch of Statue: Venus Entering the Bath

ca. 1850

Graphite, with inscriptions in pen and brown ink

18.9 × 8.7 cm (7.4 × 3.4 in)

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