About the artwork

A small etching that puts Botticelli's Venus in a surgical face mask. The familiar head with its long copper waves and tilted gaze is there, but the lower face is covered, a wry image of beauty in the time of a pandemic. Hand-coloured in soft blue, ochre and cream over fine stippled line. Tiny, only about 7 by 10 centimetres, from 2024, signed in pencil.

Botticelli

byGennadij Alexandrov
TechniqueEtching
CategoriesPeople and portraits
Dimensions10.2 × 7.1 cm
Year2024
Price€16.52

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