1945 Photogravure Figure Draw Sketch Study Woman Nude Venus Raphael XAN1 XDB1 Alabama in the last days

Alabama in the last days of the American Civil War

22 x 13 cm

Prince of Wales

This piece was illustrated by Schrader

wardrobe and reading desk from Madrid

1945 Photogravure Figure Draw Sketch Study Woman Nude Venus Raphael XAN1 XDB1 Alabama in the last daysThis is an original 1945 black and white photogravure of a silverpoint drawing of Venus. Silverpoint is a drawing technique where the artist uses a silver wire to scratch the surface. Raphael was a painter and architect of the High Renaissance period. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. CONDITION This 66+ year old Item is rated Very Fine ++.