The Passing of Venus - Study of a seated Woman1877 Accession number: 1911P65 Pencil on green paper. Width: 171 mm Height: 199 mm InformationThis is a study for the unfinished bodycolour painting in the Tate Collection. It shows one of the young girls who offer their hearts up to Venus as she passes in a chariot. The composition began as a tile design in 1861, and in 1898 as a design for a tapestry, later woven by Morris & Co. in 1922-26, now in the Detriot Institute of Arts.
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