Design for a Ceiling Painting, Venus, Cupid, and Putti, Marc Antonio Franceschini, Italian, 1648 – 1729, Pen and ink, brush and black wash, charcoal on paper, Pairs of figures seated upon clouds. Above, Venus raises an orb and embraces Cupid. Below, a pair of putti--one putto holds a bird, another raises a torch. The background is outlined as a double cross., Bologna, Italy, 1700–29, figures, Drawing

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