Hymn to Venus, c. 1760-65. Louis Felix de la Rue (French, 1731-1765). Pen and brown ink over red chalk (?) on antique laid paper; sheet: x cm (15 1/4 x 17 3/8 in.). Louis Félix de La Rue came from a family of artists and was best known for creating designs for decorative arts, such as ceramics. This sheet—which features putti and bacchantes, the artist’s preferred subjects—likely served such a purpose, given its allover composition and focus on patterning and symmetry.

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