Celestial Venus (recto); Main Hall, Baths of Diocletian (verso)

Title	Celestial Venus (recto); Main Hall, Baths of Diocletian (verso)
Artist	Circle of Maarten van Heemskerck Netherlandish, 1498-1574
Date	c. 1535
Medium	Pen and brown ink (recto), and pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash and black chalk (verso), on ivory laid paper
Classification	drawings (visual works)
Origin	Netherlands

Themes: Celestial charts & astronomy

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“Celestial Venus (recto); Main Hall, Baths of Diocletian (verso)” is a work by Circle of Maarten van Heemskerck Netherlandish, 1498-1574, dated c. 1535. It is executed in pen and brown ink (recto), and pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash and black chalk (verso), on ivory laid paper and classified as drawings (visual works). In this archive it sits within the celestial charts & astronomy tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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