Venus preventing Aeneas from killing Helen

Johann Tobias Sergel is the artist behind "Venus preventing Aeneas from killing Helen". Background on Drawings: Drawings range from quick preparatory sketches to finished works in pen, chalk, charcoal, graphite, or wash. Artists have long used drawings to plan paintings, sculptures, and buildings, so a sketch can show how an idea developed. The catalogue places it in Drawings. The format is landscape.

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Swedish, 1740–1814

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