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Venus Disarming Mars, Drapery Study (verso)

Peter Paul Rubens

Cleveland Museum of Art

Tan-colored aged paper with darker tan and black sketch marks on the left and lighter tan sketch marks on the right. On the left, a faint sketch of a nude figure with an outstretched arm and bent leg. On the right, two nude figures, one standing and one kneeling. The standing figure has their left arm around the kneeling figure's neck and their right hand holding a spear. The kneeling figure has their left arm raised and their right arm bent. Small illegible cursive writing at the bottom left.

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1263 × 530 px
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