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Johann Matthias Kager|Anonymous, German, 17th century

Venus in the Forge of Vulcan

ca. 1605
Pen and black ink, gray wash, heightened with white (partially oxidized)
24.5 × 16.1 cm (9.6 × 6.3 in)

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