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Venus Sleeping

(Italian, worked in Italy, England, and Portugal, 1728–1815)
(Italian (Bolognese), 1560–1609)
(English, 1719–1804)
1785
Medium/TechniqueEtching, engraving, and stipple engraving, printed in brown ink
DimensionsSheet: 30 x 39 cm (11 13/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 29.5 x 38 cm (11 5/8 x 14 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Francis Jay Underhill
Accession numberM34820
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ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceFrancis J. Underhill, Brooklyn (died 1938)(Lugt 1018a); gift of his estate to the MFA December 8, 1938
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Anatomical Studies
Francesco Bartolozzi
1796
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The Infant Princess Charlotte Augusta in Her Crib
Francesco Bartolozzi
1797
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Flora
Francesco Bartolozzi
1783
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Adelaide, or The Shepherdess of the Alps
Francesco Bartolozzi
1784
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Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture (Title-Page to Vol. 1 of "A Century of Prints from Drawings," published in 1778
Francesco Bartolozzi
1766
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Engraving Thwarting Time (Title-Page to Vol. II of "A Century of Prints from Drawings," published in 1778
Francesco Bartolozzi
about 1766-1778
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Head of the Virgin
Francesco Bartolozzi
1796
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The Birth of Pyrrhus
Francesco Bartolozzi
1797
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Bust of a Nude Man
Francesco Bartolozzi
1806
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The Meeting of Edward V and His Brother, the Duke of York
Francesco Bartolozzi
1789
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Hebe
Francesco Bartolozzi
1789
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Melpomene
Francesco Bartolozzi
1787