Feb 3
Venus at her Birth Dressed by the Three Graces
Artist: Benjamin West (American, 1738–1820)
Date: 1799
Medium: Oil on canvas mounted on panel
Collection: Netherlands Institute for Art History, The Hague, Netherlands
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