Vanitas of Venus: Parisian Virtues

chalkdrawings (visual works)

Date

c. 1890

Medium

Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on tan tracing paper, laid down on buff wove paper

Dimensions

32.8 × 50 cm (12 15/16 × 19 11/16 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection

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