The Birth of Venus, Gaetano Gandolfi, late 1770s

Date: late 1770s. Dimensions: sheet: 32.6 × 38.2 cm (12 13/16 × 15 1/16 in.); ; mount: 40.8 × 47.6 cm (16 1/16 × 18 3/4 in.). Medium: laid paper, red chalk heightened with white. Collection: National Gallery of Art. Gaetano Gandolfi, The Birth of Venus, late 1770s, NGA 206793