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Giovanni Tognolli|Domenico Marchetti|Antonio Canova

Back view of Venus reclining accompanied by Cupid with a harp, from "Oeuvre de Canova: Recueil de Statues..."

1817
Engraving and etching
49.5 × 64.5 cm (19.5 × 25.4 in)

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