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Alexandre Cabanel
(28th Sep, 1823 - 23rd Jan, 1889)
Naissance de Vénus
1863
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
musée d'Orsay
http://www.musee-orsay.fr/
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Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
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Keywords:
putto
Academic art
foam
mythological scene
hair undone
long hair
nude (female)
Venus (mythology)
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About the artwork
Title:
Naissance de Vénus
Periods:
19th century
contemporary period from 1789 until 1914
XIXth century
Techniques:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
1300 x 2250
Inventory number:
RF273
Location:
musée d'Orsay
See more about this artwork:
On the Musée d'Orsay website
On the Histoire par l'Image website
About the author(s)
Author:
Alexandre Cabanel
Also known as:
Alexander Cabanel
Born:
28th Sep, 1823
Dead:
23rd Jan, 1889
Country:
France
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Alexandre Cabanel
(French:
[kabanɛl]
; 28 September 1823 – 23 January 1889) was a French painter born in Montpellier, Hérault. He painted historical, classical and religious subjects in the academic style. He was also well known as a portrait painter. According to
Diccionario Enciclopedico Salvat
, Cabanel is the best representative of the L'art pompier and Napoleon III's preferred painter.
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