The Birth of Venus, with Neptune, Cybele and the Chariot of the Sun (Homage to Venus)
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Niccolò Berrettoni
Artist bio: Italian, Macerata Feltrina, near Perugia 1637–1682 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: ca. 1670–80
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk, highlighted with white on beige paper
Dimensions: 9 5/8 x 16 1/8in. (24.4 x 41cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1984
Accession year: 1984
Tags: Neptune|Venus|Horses