Venus Reclining in a Landscape

c. 1508–9

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

This artist's training as a gem cutter prepared him well for the relatively new art of engraving, which required carving into a copperplate with a sharp instrument called a burin.

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

This artist's training as a gem cutter prepared him well for the relatively new art of engraving, which required carving into a copperplate with a sharp instrument called a burin.

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