The Toilet of Venus

Provenance

Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection, Maihingen, inv. no. 2294. (C.G. Boerner Inc., New York); purchased 2000 by NGA.

The Toilet of Venus

Heintz the Elder, Joseph

c. 1590

Accession Number

2000.65.2

Medium

pen and ink over red and black chalk with wash and heightening on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 19.2 x 14.6 cm (7 9/16 x 5 3/4 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Director's Discretionary Fund