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Venus Instructing Cupid

Artist Richard Cosway (English, 1742 - 1821)
MediumPencil and gray wash
DimensionsOverall: 6 7/16 × 5 7/8 inches (16.35 × 14.92 cm)
Credit LineGift of Milton McGreevy
Object numberF76-55/3
On View
Not on view
Collections
Exhibition History
N/A
Provenance
With P. & DColnaghi and Co., London, by August 1969;

 

Milton McGreevy (1903-1980), Shawnee Mission, KS, by December 28, 1976

 

His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1976.

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