Venus sur les Eaux

Details

After Bernardine Nucchi
Venus sur les Eaux
by Giovanni Folo Venelo
coloured engraving
18 x 23 in. (45.7 x 58.4 cm.)

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Lot Essay

This coloured engraving was used as a photographic background for Angus McBean's 1952 Christmas card. It features his partner David Ball as a cherub. The photograph is in the National Portrait Gallery collection (NPG X39304)

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