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Title	Venus and Psyche, study.
Creator	Raphael (Italian painter and draftsman, 1483-1520)
Cultural Context	Italian European Western European
Style/Period	Renaissance
Subject	Figure drawings Female figure drawings Chalk drawings Women Goddesses Fictitious characters Supernatural beings Myths Legends Nudes Bottles
Description	Red chalk, over stylus underdrawing (of Venus only). Paris, Louvre, 3875.
People Pictured	Venus (Roman deity) Psyche (Greek deity)
Material	Chalk Red chalk
Measurements	264 x 197 mm
Technique	Drawing (image-making) Hatching Cross-hatching
Inscription	Artist's initials, bottom left.
Work Type	Drawings Chalk drawings Figure drawings Female figure drawings Nudes (representations)
Repository	Musee du Louvre, Cabinet des Dessins (Paris, France)
Source	Ames-Lewis, Francis. The Draftsman Raphael. New Haven: Yale UP, 1986. (pl.XXII, p.115)
Rights	Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Ames-Lewis courtesy: Paris, Musée du Louvre, Cabinet des Dessins.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 1269-11.jpg
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