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Venus wringing the water from her hair, standing at the water's edge
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Engraving silhouetted; the seascape at left and right has been made up
Rights: Public Domain
Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Anonymous Gift 1929
Title: Venus wringing the water from her hair, standing at the water's edge
Description:
Engraving silhouetted; the seascape at left and right has been made up.
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