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Venus (from the Tarocchi, series A: Firmaments of the Universe, #43)

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi

Cleveland Museum of Art

A black and white drawing on aged paper depicting a scene with a border. The drawing shows a group of five people, four women and one man are semi-nude. A woman on the left holds a bow and has wings. Four of the people are standing on land and one woman is sitting in water. The background shows a sky with clouds and a mountain range in the distance. The border around the drawing has a rope-like design. At the bottom of the drawing, there is a line of text that reads "VENVS XXXXIII" in Roman numerals.

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648 × 893 px
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