Wind and wave (Birth of Venus)

Venus lying as a full nude with raised arms, on the left the creator spirit blowing out the breath.

signed lower right: FRANZ VON STUCK.

On stretcher: black pencil "GM 1803" (inventory no. of the Germanic National Museum Nuremberg, borrower after 1945); pencil "495" (not identified); in blue tyre chalk "9711" (Mü no. ); black pencil "K 435" crossed out (salvage no. Depot Kremsmünster, Austria); on image carrier: black pencil "K 435" crossed out (salvage no. Depot Kremsmünster, Austria); black stamp "Eigentum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland"; black pencil "GM 103" (inventory no. of the Germanic National Museum Nuremberg, borrower after 1945); white label with blue border and perforated edge "343" (Linz no.).