Collection Highlights
A Brief Description of NEW-YORK: Formerly Called New-Netherlands..
Date:
1670
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1670.Den
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Study of a Cast of the a Full-Length Venus Wringing Out Her Hair
Object Number:
1933.266
Date:
1848
Medium:
Black and white chalk and charcoal on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 1/2 x 14 5/8 in. ( 47 x 37.1 cm )
Marks:
signed and dated: lower left: "Drawn by/Lucy M. Durand/New York/Jan.y-1848-Antique School of/National Academy of Design"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower left in brown ink: "Drawn by / Lucy M Durand. / New York / Jany. -- 1848 --"; at lower right: "Antique School of / National Academy of Design."
Description:
Figure
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
