- Creator:
- Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734, British
- Title:
- The Birth of Venus
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, smooth, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 1/4 x 5 7/8in. (18.4 x 14.9cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
- Inscribed in brown ink, lower left: "J Bossani"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.1410
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- wings | births | cupids | sea | mythology | religious and mythological subject | (story of) Venus (Aphrodite) | angels | horses (animals) | clouds
- Currently On View:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12831